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from The Century Dictionary.
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choke-full .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective predicate same as
chock-full .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective packed full to capacity
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Examples
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Squiggly_P on Jun 4, 2008 looks chuck-full of cheap J-horror shock tactics & the characters look really gimmicky-from the "I see things" psychic to the black FBI agent who talks with a straight face-honestly, & amanda peet's character looks no different to her previous ones. the only way this movie can work if it turns out BIZARRE enough, or if they give us some sculley eye candy. twispious on Jun 5, 2008
Must Watch: Second X-Files: I Want to Believe Trailer! « FirstShowing.net 2008
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As a result, our Congress is chuck-full of them, the most virulent, most assertive, most successful, and most idiotic of this sort.
Richard Greener: Public Office In America: The Reign Of Idiots 2010
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I only glanced through it so far, but it looks like it is chuck-full of useful information.
Free Subscription to Website Magazine Jinxy 2009
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This book is chuck-full of 18th century theories and developing theories on medicine and healing.
Book Review: Doctor of Love Heather Carroll 2008
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As he was passing the Kid and party, who had just issued from the saloon, Campbell, who was chuck-full of bad whiskey and fight, accosted him and told him he wanted to see him dance.
The Authentic Life of Billy The Kid Garrett, Pat F 1954
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"Because," Billy's mouth was full of that silken gown; "because you and me is so plum chuck-full of happiness we're nigh to busting."
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We are going to bore a hole in the Yule log with an old trephine, and ram it chuck-full of gunpowder; and Jack's little brother is to catch six or seven frogs, under pain of a severe licking, which are to be put into one of the vegetable dishes.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 25, 1841 Various
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They were both chuck-full of courage, and the story was that each worshiped the ground the other walked on, and that the girl had insisted on being her husband's comrade in adventure.
The Valley of Silent Men James Oliver Curwood 1903
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She's al'ays runnin 'aroun' with that Pendleton boy an 'gal, an' she's chuck-full o 'new-fangled notions.
The Heart of the Hills John Fox 1891
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He's filled me chuck-full of science on the way up.
The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories Margaret Collier Graham 1880
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