#victor appleton
Adjective
[chok-uh-blok]
1. extremely full; crowded; jammed:
a room chockablock with furniture and plants.
2.Nautical.having the blocks drawn close together, as when the tackle is hauled to the utmost.
Adverb
3. in a crowded manner:
books piled chockablock on the narrow shelf.
Origin:
cf.chock close (up to), apparently as back formation from chock-full
“Quickly the enemy submarine maneuvered closer until the two craft 135 were almost chockablock.”
- VICTOR APPLETON, TOM SWIFT AND THE VISITOR FROM PLANET X