Hi All, I am wondering what "choc" or "chock" and a "chock joint" might mean in the 1920 vocabulary of the region. I thought I learned all the Okie vernacular from my childhood thru more years at Okla A & M than I care to admit, but I don't get this one. It is spoken of a commodity of some sort, something you buy or have..."the dispute started over the sale or disposition of some "choc" according to witnesses.... and a chock joint was mentioned as being run by a woman, but I did not get the idea it was a house of ill-repute. "East Side Chock Joint Keeper is Shot....the queen of the East Side chock joint was shot through the breast..." Maybe it is some kind of drug or home brew drink? A google search for "chock joint" should bring up another reference to a Wyoming situation if anyone is curious enough to want to see the exact context. Lou Gaddis...actually her curious husband, Ron.