"choke pear" meaning in English

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        "A metal torture device to be inserted into the body, consisting of a usually pear-shaped piece divided into spoon-like segments that can be spread apart by turning a screw."
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          "metal",
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          "torture",
          "torture"
        ],
        [
          "pear",
          "pear"
        ],
        [
          "spoon",
          "spoon"
        ],
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          "spread",
          "spread"
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          "screw",
          "screw"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "sense": "torture device",
          "word": "pear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "sense": "torture device",
          "word": "pear of anguish"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 2",
          "sense": "torture device",
          "word": "Pope's pear"
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          "_dis1": "96 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "a metal torture device",
          "word": "tuskan päärynä"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a metal torture device",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "poire d’angoisse"
        }
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        "A kind of pear with a rough, astringent taste, difficult to swallow."
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          "astringent",
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          "swallow",
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          "text": "I believe I have given her a choke-pear.",
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        "A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that cannot be answered."
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        "(archaic) A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that cannot be answered."
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        "A metal torture device to be inserted into the body, consisting of a usually pear-shaped piece divided into spoon-like segments that can be spread apart by turning a screw."
      ],
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        "A kind of pear with a rough, astringent taste, difficult to swallow."
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        "(archaic) A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that cannot be answered."
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    {
      "sense": "torture device",
      "word": "pear"
    },
    {
      "sense": "torture device",
      "word": "pear of anguish"
    },
    {
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      "word": "Pope's pear"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a metal torture device",
      "word": "tuskan päärynä"
    },
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      "sense": "a metal torture device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "poire d’angoisse"
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  "word": "choke pear"
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