CHOCK-A-BLOCK


Meaning of CHOCK-A-BLOCK in English

■ adjective informal, chiefly Brit. crammed full.

Origin

C19 (orig. in naut. use, with ref. to tackle having the two blocks run close together): from chock (in chock-full ) and block .

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