Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. a choker, a clerical collar.

1848

Sam Sly 9 Dec. 3/2: It is not true that Coffin the little, dark haired, smutty p—r of Ox—d-street, M—e-end, is a Methodist preacher, though he wears a white ‘choke’ and palavers.

2. prison bread, which is hard to swallow and indigestible.

1937		C. Mackenzie in Chokey 9: The prison slang for bread [...] known as ‘choke’.
1940		Argus (Melbourne) 24 Feb. 7/1: If Ed. W.E. Mag. wants some drawings you can tell him to go and eat choke.
1937–84		Partridge DSUE (1984) 212/2: from ca. 1880; ob. by 1930.

3. (Aus.) an act of garrotting.

1950		S.J. Baker in Sun. Herald (Sydney) 8 June 9/2: Most of these are small-time criminals. [...] More serious is a ‘choke’ or garrotting.
1953		Baker Aus. Speaks.

4. a shock to the nerves; nervousness.

2000

F.X. Toole Rope Burns 118: There’s always some choke in everyone before a fight.

5. a cigarette.

1978

P. Theroux Picture Palace 16: I sat back and lit up a cigarette and when he faced me again I offered him one. ‘Care for a choke?’.

6. (US campus) marijuana.

1997–2001

Online Sl. Dict. 🌐 [...] choke n 1. marijuana.