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Poky

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Noun

1. clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer

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)

Adjective

2. dilatory, laggard, pokey, poky

wasting time

3. jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky

small and remote and insignificant

Example Sentences:
'a jerkwater college'
'passed a series of poky little one-horse towns'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Poky

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adjectiveWord forms: pokier or pokiest
1. informal
(esp of rooms) small and cramped
2. 
without speed or energy; slow
noun
3.  the poky

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Poky

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈpokier or ˈpokiest
1. 
not lively; slow, dull, dilatory, etc.
2. 
small and uncomfortable; stuffy
a poky room
3. 
shabbily dressed; dowdy

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Poky

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n. pl. po·keys also po·kies
Slang
A jail or prison.
adj. pok·i·er, pok·i·est
Informal
1. Dawdling; slow: waited for the poky sales clerk to ring up the sale.
2. Frumpish; shabby: found poky old clothes at the thrift store.
3. Small and cramped: a poky but inexpensive apartment.
n.
Slang
Variant of pokey1.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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