chockablock
Speech parts
1. chockablock - Adjective
2. chockablock - Adverb
3. chockablock - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.
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chowder chockablock with pieces of fish
Do you see any parallel to the dichotomy between the reading of textbooks (chockablock with disembodied facts) vs. quality non-fiction literature (facts in the service of understanding)?
Speaking of the nods to the show, this short is chockablock with them: U.N.I.T., the Brigadier, Bessie, the Doctor's 70s fantastic wardrobe.
I arrived roughly 5 minutes after it opened, and there were people already walking out with boxes and bags chockablock with books.