"choke-dog" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: choke + dog Etymology templates: {{compound|en|choke|dog}} choke + dog Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} choke-dog (uncountable)
  1. (obsolete, British slang) A very hard cheese. Attributed variously to counties of the West Country of the United Kingdom such as Devon, Dorset and the Isle of Wight. Tags: British, obsolete, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Cheeses Synonyms (cheese): Isle of Wight Rock
    Sense id: en-choke-dog-en-noun-fNbS2Y3u Disambiguation of Cheeses: 87 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 83 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 49 51 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'cheese': 100 0
  2. (obsolete, US) Any of several plants in the genus Gonolobus. Tags: US, obsolete, uncountable Synonyms (plant): angle pod
    Sense id: en-choke-dog-en-noun-JINuXxh4 Categories (other): American English, English exocentric verb-noun compounds Disambiguation of English exocentric verb-noun compounds: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'plant': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: chockdog

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