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chock-a-block


  • r  as completely as possible
    it was chock-a-block full

  • Both books are chock-a-block with colorful but valueless details.
  • Everything is chock-a-block during the Chinese New Year (usually in January or February).
  • Switzerland's Bernese Oberland was chock-a-block with celebrities last week.
News & Articles

  • Looking Forward & Backward—For An Entire City Block
    When Don Wunderlee moved his studio from Westville to Erector Square, he had to cram into a reduced 400 square feet of space and hang his paintings-in-progress chock-a-block and atop each other. That constriction gave him some new visual ideas that he now has plenty of room to show off. They’re hanging in a unique new gallery space in town that is literally a city block long.
    June 14, 2013 - New Haven Independent
Quotes

  • Clive Stafford Smith in Newsday
    Clive Stafford Smith, a lawyer who represents the five men, said in an interview: "This is good news for everyone, even George Bush. For all his statements about wanting to close Guantanamo, he can't if it's chock-a-block."
  • Earl Blumenauer in New York Times
    People are flying through stop signs on bikes,Mr. Blumenauer said. "We are seeing in Portland bike congestion. You'll see people biking across the river on a pedestrian bridge. They are just chock-a-block."
  • Steve Irwin in Advertiser Adelaide
    Irwin said the snake must have fangs "chock-a-block full of venom", but is fairly gentle unless angry.

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