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Pokey Common

Pokey has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
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)

2

prison.

Adjective
1

wasting time

2

small and remote and insignificant

"a jerkwater college"

"passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"

3

of small volume, cramped

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
correctional institution
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bastille holding cell hoosegow house of correction lockup workhouse
Rhyming Words
key okey ikey pikey lukey dokey wakey cakey unkey likey mikey bakey jakey fakey dykey cokey rekey jokey hokey dukey
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