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Word: choker (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Glitter and Glamour. If you want to add that sparkle to your evening, you can buy black stockings with a rhinestone seam for $12 at At Saks Fifth Avenue (Prudential Plaza). Rhinestone jewelry ranges from $28 for a choker to $10 for a tiara at Reddog's (1737 Mass. Ave.). If you want to go all out, Atalanta Antiques (1700 Mass. Ave.) sells a beaded and chiffon flapper dress for $300. For the finishing touch, Chanel No. 5 perfume, a mere $175 per ounce...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: 26 Ways to Say `Merry Christmas' | 12/5/1986 | See Source »

...court. No matter; they grabbed and choked and pushed Princeton players long after the referees had broken up the initial scuffle. From Saturday's melee, it would appear as though Mother has a better left book than sky book . And we might a well refer to Dodson--an effective choker--as the Boston Strangler...

Author: By Bob Chnha, | Title: Class Conflicts | 2/26/1985 | See Source »

...that night. Even if you think it,' he said, do you have to say it?'" At the next U.S. Open, in Medinah, Ill., Watson followed record rounds of 67 and 68 with calamitous scores of 78 and 77, convincing everyone but himself that he was a choker...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Solitude and a Solitary Master | 4/11/1983 | See Source »

...stint in Las Vegas. Next thing he knew Sammy was onstage in Nashville, with Minnie Pearl, 69. Says Davis: "I really felt welcome. We're all family." He even brought along his own wardrobe: six huge diamond rings, two diamond-and-gold bracelets, a gold wristwatch, a gold choker and a gold-and-diamond pendant with his initials on it. No trouble picking him out of the crowd in the cornfield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 19, 1982 | 7/19/1982 | See Source »

...when Hennigar saw Alan Litchfield's stick playing Trac II with Gary Sampson's stubble at 13:08 of the first period, he made the call. Never mind that Sampson had turned into the stick and Litchfield's legal check became a wooden choker for Sampson. Never mind that calls like that aren't supposed to happen on home ice or that nobody ever calls that one a major. Litchfield was whistled off for a five-minute stint in Darryl Petit's favorite playpen, and when he came back, Harvard's 2-1 lead had become a 3-2 deficit...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Laying Down the Law | 1/6/1982 | See Source »

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