OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 28793

choker

/ˈtʃəʊkə/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
gargantilla • huallca
A piece of jewelry or ornamental fabric, worn as a necklace or neckerchief, tight to the throat.
Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises.
She appears on the 90th anniversary issue of French Vogue wearing nothing but a mask, gloves and a choker – everything but her now iconic gap-toothed pout and impressive cleavage i…
ahorcador • estrangulador
One who, or that which, chokes or strangles.
The Yorkshire Choker, a serial killer who quotes Shakespeare, is pursued by Dalziel and Pascoe.
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