Brewer's: Choker

(A). A neckcloth. A white choker is a white neckcloth or necktie, worn in full dress, and generally by waiters and clergymen. Of course, the verb to choke has supplied the word.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Chop
Choke-pear
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