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Meaning of choke pear | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A metal torture device to be inserted into the body, consisting of a usually pear-shaped piece divided into spoon-like segments that can be spread apart by turning a screw.
  2. A kind of pear with a rough, astringent taste, difficult to swallow.
  3. A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that cannot be answered.
    archaic

Equivalents

Suomi tuskan päärynä
Français poire d'angoisse

Examples

“I believe I have given her a choke-pear.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

choke point choke price choke tube choke-and-puke choke-children choke-dog

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