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    POKEY

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    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)play

    Synonyms:

    clink; gaol; jail; jailhouse; pokey; poky; slammer

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("pokey" is a kind of...):

    correctional institution (a penal institution maintained by the government)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pokey"):

    bastille (a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner))

    holding cell (a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial)

    hoosegow; hoosgow (slang for a jail)

    house of correction ((formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences)

    lockup (jail in a local police station)

    workhouse (a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small and remote and insignificantplay

    Example:

    passed a series of poky little one-horse towns

    Synonyms:

    jerkwater; one-horse; pokey; poky

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    provincial (characteristic of the provinces or their people)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Wasting timeplay

    Synonyms:

    dilatory; laggard; pokey; poky

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    slow (not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time)

    Derivation:

    poke (someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind)

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