E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Chuck Full.
Probably a corruption of chock full or choke full—i.e. full enough to choke one.
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“Ayr was holding some grand market; streets and inn had been chokefull during the sunny hours.”—Carlyle, in Froude’s Jane W. Carlyle, vol. i. letter lxxxvii. p. 275.
