poky

Meanings

Plural: pokies

Noun

• 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)
• A gambling device based on the card game poker.
• Jail.

Adjective Satellite

• wasting time
• small and remote and insignificant
  • "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"

Adj

• Slow.
• Stupid; mentally dull.
• Small and cramped, and often shabby.

Synonyms

clink, dilatory, gaol, jail, jailhouse, jerkwater, laggard, one-horse, pokey, slammer

Related Words

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