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Webster 1913 Edition

Choke pear

Choke′ pearˊ

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1.

A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth.

2.

A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.

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S. Richardson.