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Poky Common

Poky has 7 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

A gambling device based on the card game poker.

3

Jail.

Adjective
1

wasting time

2

small and remote and insignificant

"a jerkwater college"

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

3

Slow.

4

Small and cramped, and often shabby.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
correctional institution
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bastille holding cell hoosegow house of correction lockup workhouse
Rhyming Words
yoky joky moky roky ooky coky kooky sooky rooky pooky nooky looky choky gooky dooky cooky hooky booky smoky snooky
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