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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CHOCKABLOCK

CHOCKABLOCK Chock "a *block, a. (Naut. )

 

Defn: Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

chockablock

chock a block |ˈCHäkəˌbläk ˌˈtʃɑkəˌˈblɑk | ▶adjective [ predic. ] informal crammed full of people or things: the manual is chockablock with information. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (originally in nautical use, with reference to tackle having the two blocks run close together ): from chock (in chock-full ) and block .