Meanings
nounwhite choker (plural white chokers)
plural white chokers
- obsoletethieves' cantA clergyman.
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.
1862, Henry Mayhew, The London Underworld In The Victorian Period
Origin
From the article of clothing.
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