"Laura R." wrote in message
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circa 5 Apr 2004 13:34:31 -0700, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Steve
G ) said,
No. I have some gaoled wild mice (they were swiping my seeds, so they
are in chokey until they reform) and gerbils.

Gaol, I know, but what's chokey?

Not sure here, but in "Matilda" (Roald Dahl), the chokey was a tiny
closet-like space where Miss Trunchbull (huge, beefy, former hammer-thrower
headmistress of a school) put the kids she wanted to punish. It had only
enough space to stand upright - barely.

Cathy

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