CHOAKING PYE, or COLD PYE, A punishment inflicted on any person sleeping in company: it consists in wrapping up cotton in a case or tube of paper, setting it on fire, and directing the smoke up the nostrils of the sleeper. See HOWELL'S COTGRAVE.
CHOAKING PYE
Meaning of CHOAKING PYE in English
Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012