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Pokey   /pˈoʊki/   Listen
Pokey

noun
1.
A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).  Synonyms: clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, poky, slammer.
adjective
1.
Wasting time.  Synonyms: dilatory, laggard, poky.
2.
Small and remote and insignificant.  Synonyms: jerkwater, one-horse, poky.  "Passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"





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"Pokey" Quotes from Famous Books



... will be grieved to leave Combe Manor," I persisted. "Perhaps we shall have to live in a little pokey house somewhere, and to ...
— Esther - A Book for Girls • Rosa Nouchette Carey
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