choke pear

Wiktionary

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

GNU Webster's 1913

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. Low A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered.