po·key 1 also po·ky (p  k )n. pl. po·keys also po·kies Slang A jail or prison. [Origin unknown.] |
| poke·y 2 (pk) adj. Informal Variant of poky1. |
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| Noun | 1. |  pokey - 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)bastille - a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government holding cell - a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial 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 |
| Adj. | 1. | pokey - wasting time slow - not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time; "a slow walker"; "the slow lane of traffic"; "her steps were slow"; "he was slow in reacting to the news"; "slow but steady growth" |
| 2. | pokey - small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" provincial - characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes" |
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