Usually means: Medieval torture device, oral insertion.
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  1. choke pear: Merriam-Webster
  2. choke-pear, choke pear: Wordnik
  3. choke pear: Wiktionary
  4. Choke pear: Dictionary.com
  5. Choke pear (plant), Choke pear (torture): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Choke pear: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. Choke pear: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. choke-pear: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. Choke-pear: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  10. choke pear: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Choke pear: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (choke pear)

noun:  A metal torture device to be inserted into the body, consisting of a usually pear-shaped piece divided into spoon-like segments that can be spread apart by turning a screw.
noun:  A kind of pear with a rough, astringent taste, difficult to swallow.
noun:  (archaic) A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that cannot be answered.

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