Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Choky Chokey \Chok"y Chok"ey\, a.
   1. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to
      suffocate.

   2. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong
      emotion. ``A deep and choky voice.'' --Aytoun.

            The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather
            chokey.                               --T. Hughes.