Lexicographical Neighbors of Chokeys
Literary usage of Chokeys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of a Residence in the Burmham Empire: And More Particularly at the by Hiram Cox (1821)
"At two of the villages chokeys J are established, called the king's and queen's
chokeys, where duties are collected on imports, ..."
2. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"So great was now the ascendancy of the English name, that the collectors or
officers at the chokeys or toll-houses, who were fully aware of the dependence ..."
3. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds, Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept, Charles Umpherston Aitchison (1862)
"... were made respecting the amou.at of Duties formerly taken at each of the
chokeys, his Majesty was pleased to direct that no Duties ..."
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