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Meaning of pokey


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  pokey
      adj 1: wasting time [syn: {dilatory}, {laggard}, {poky},
             {pokey}]
      2: small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college";
         "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" [syn:
         {jerkwater}, {one-horse}, {pokey}, {poky}]
      n 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) [syn: {jail}, {jailhouse}, {gaol}, {clink},
           {slammer}, {poky}, {pokey}]


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