Choke pear
(redirected from Pope's Pear)Choke´ pear`
1. | A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth. | |
2. | A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.