"white choker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white chokers [plural]
Etymology: From the article of clothing. Head templates: {{en-noun}} white choker (plural white chokers)
  1. (thieves' cant, obsolete) A clergyman. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-white_choker-en-noun-wquwUaJg Categories (other): English Thieves' Cant, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1862, Henry Mayhew, The London Underworld In The Victorian Period",
          "text": "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.",
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        "(thieves' cant, obsolete) A clergyman."
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