choked up tight in a white-on-white

'He was choked up tight in a white-on-white
And a cocoa front [suit] that was down [sophisticated],
A candy-striped tie hung down to his fly,
And he sported a gold-dust crown [hat].'

'Honky-Tonk Bud, from The Life: The Lore and Folk Poetry of the Black Hustler, Dennis Wepman, et al., editors. As quoted by Allison Lurie in The Language of Clothes, 1981.