See quot. 1796.
1796. Dwarf or Choak Cherry. (Prunus canadensis.)—Morse, ‘American Geography,’ i. 188. (N.E.D.)
1834. I found I was freezing, and stopped in a cliff of rocks, and made a little fire of choke-cherry bushes. I could have put the whole of it in my hat.—Albert Pike, ‘Sketches,’ &c., p. 28 (Boston).
1857. Slap goes the man right down in the middle of the road, all curled up as if he was full of choke cherries.—J. G. Holland, ‘The Bay-Path,’ p. 281.
