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Pokey

Pokey Meaning & Definition
Pokey Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pokey?

[n] a slang term for jail
[adj] small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
[adj] wasting time

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pokey: dawdling | dilatory | jerkwater | laggard | one-horse | poky | provincial | slow

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See Also | clink | gaol | jail | jailhouse | slammer

Pokey In Webster's Dictionary

\Pok"ey\, a. See {Poky}.

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