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pokey n. [
jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky] 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)
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pokey s. [
dilatory, laggard, poky] wasting time
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pokey s. [
jerkwater, one-horse, poky] small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
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