In turning for a moment again to the everyday dress of the clergy, the method of fastening the characteristic white choker at the back seems to have come from the bands.
Thackeray in "The Newcomes" uses the name choker as meaning a white necktie, and it was also applied to the old leather stocks which the clerical collar, in its stiffness, resembles.
A swallow-tailed coat plays the mischief with the digestion, and science has discovered that a white choker tarnishes the silver.
Kafir who was arrayed in a clerical suit of black, with which, and with the white choker adorning his throat, the rifle he carried in his hand seemed startlingly out of keeping.
As a choker and to support the weight of logs to kill the otter, cut a pole (tamarac preferable) long enough to pass three feet each side of your picket or uprights, see that this falls easy and clear.
Pulling out this button closes a butterfly chokervalve (see cut) in the air intake passage of carbureter which restricts the air opening of the carbureter, and consequently produces a richer mixture.
Run until engine has warmed up then push choker all the way in, remembering to never use choker longer than necessary, as when not needed it has a tendency to foul up engine and ruin the lubricating oil in the crank case.
As soon as engine has fired release choker three-fourths of way in.
Pull out choker to closed position and start engine in usual manner.
He advanced and recognized Snorky Green's red choker tie, which was particularly dear to his young sartorial fancy.
At last, having torn off the red choker tie and freed his neck, back once more to the ease of bachelor attire, he returned wrathfully to the pest which had perhaps saved him from his first sentimental excursion.
A cold motor may demand use of the choker before starting, but, again, too free use of the choker floods the carburetor with a rich, non-explosive mixture which can be removed only by use of the starter.
And when the Choker tossed him on his ear in the erydnium ore, he said words that were not beautiful.
Zbich and the Gorilla Man worked out on headlocks, Gorgeous Gordon did calisthenics, and Barefoot Charley, Choker Jonas and the Faceless Wonder got themselves into a grunting free-for-all.
And at the end of the match between Choker Jonas and the Faceless Wonder, they were reduced to a jelly.
He had a very solemn face and wore a black tie and choker and clothes that suggested mourning.
The talk of the melancholy man in the white choker had led up to a point where Frank felt pretty sure he was up to some trick or other.
A choker was used to restrain wolves caught in traps.
The four wolves held in steel traps were restrained by a choker (fig.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "choker" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
