choke chain
noun
: a collar that may be tightened as a noose and that is used especially in training and controlling powerful or stubborn dogs
called also choke collar
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Why not give the chief executive six years, free him to govern according to his conscience, and put a choke chain on the imperial presidency?
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Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 13 Aug. 2021
Tight or choke chain collars may damage a dog’s neck hair.
—Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 16 May 2021
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Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 13 Aug. 2021
Tight or choke chain collars may damage a dog’s neck hair.
—Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 16 May 2021
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“Choke chain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/choke%20chain. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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