pok|y

pok|y
pok|ey1 «POH kee», noun, plural pok|eys.
U.S. Slang. a jail: »

After all, if he'd said those things to the cop he'd have had a night in the pokey as well as the $25 fine (Wall Street Journal).

╂[origin uncertain]
pok|y or pok|ey2 «POH kee», adjective, pok|i|er, pok|i|est.
1. moving or acting slowly; puttering; dull; slow: »

I wouldn't have your pokey old husband (Sinclair Lewis). The firemen…complained that the Russians had been too poky about reporting the fire (New Yorker).

2. small; confined; cramped; mean: »

Do you suppose I gave up my position at school in order to live in a poky little hole? (Arnold Bennett).

╂[< pok(e)1 + -y1]
–pok´i|ly, adverb.
–pok´i|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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