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choke

v. [common] To reject input, often ungracefully. NULs make System V's lpr
(1) choke. I tried building an EMACS binary to use X , but cpp (1) choked on
all those #define s. See barf , vi.
Initial import of entries 2014-04-26 10:52:28 -04:00			`choke`

Limit line lengths 2014-04-26 11:54:15 -04:00			`v. [common] To reject input, often ungracefully. NULs make System V's lpr`
			`(1) choke. I tried building an EMACS binary to use X , but cpp (1) choked on`
			`all those #define s. See barf , vi.`