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pokey

noun

  1. jail
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adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊ.ki/

adj

  1. Of a room or house, of small volume, cramped.

    He loved the little pokey kitchen, where men’s boots tramped, and the dog slept with one eye open for fear of being trodden on; where the lamp hung over the table at night, and everything was so silent.

  2. Slow.
  3. Of a car, fast.

noun

  1. Prison.
  2. A knife.

    Grip my pokey, ching down these punks