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单词 white choker
释义

white choker

English

Etymology

From the article of clothing.

Noun

white choker (plural white chokers)

  1. (thieves' cant, obsolete) A clergyman.
    • 1862, Henry Mayhew, The London Underworld In The Victorian Period
      We go in more for tradesmen, shopboys, commercial travellers, and that sort, and men who are a little screwy, and although we musn't mention it, we hooks a white choker now and then, coming from Exeter Hall.

References

  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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