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Has he lost the remembrance of the Yorkshire pudding, vulgarly called choke-dog, of which you were obliged to eat a pound before you were allowed a slice of beef, and of which, if you swallowed half that quantity, you thought cooks and oxen mere works of supererogation, and totally useless on the face of the earth?
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 351, January 10, 1829 Various
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Bought a little bit of Gruyère cheese, instead of our domestic choke-dog concern.
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
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"Hoi, you!" came from beyond the wall; "if you fire any more of that choke-dog stuff, I'll give orders to my men to kill the prisoners,
The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First George Manville Fenn 1870
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