choc-a-bloc

An alteration of chockablock, perhaps influenced by bric-à-brac.

choc-a-bloc (comparative more choc-a-bloc, superlative most choc-a-bloc)

1. Alternative spelling of chockablock
   • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 5, in Death on the Centre Court:

     By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.

choc-a-bloc (comparative more choc-a-bloc, superlative most choc-a-bloc)

1. Alternative spelling of chockablock