[
UK
/pˈəʊki/
]
[ US /ˈpoʊki/ ]
[ US /ˈpoʊki/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
small and remote and insignificant
passed a series of poky little one-horse towns
a jerkwater college - wasting time
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)
How To Use pokey In A Sentence
- Given the financial commitment involved, it's important to get it right - it could mean the difference between a pokey hothouse or a cold, dark space and a bright, year-round sunroom.
- I defy anyone to find the actual hokey-pokey in that sequence.
- ‘I could have worked in the City, you know,’ he will tell them as he makes his way to the same pokey office he's been in for 20 years.
- In an effort not to crush them and/or avoid severe plastic pokey bit perforation of your foot, you will twist one way or the other and thus wrench your ankle.
- Here, the worst incident of road rage is Roddy Murray flashing his brights at a pokey weekend driver.
- If the woman falsely counterclaimed rape, then, based on the viciousness with which sex criminals are routinely treated, I think 12 years in the pokey is quite right, possibly even on the overly lenient side. The Volokh Conspiracy » Female Teacher’s Having Sex with 17-Year-Old Male Student/Teacher’s Aide = 12 Years in Prison (But Was More Involved?)
- Now you can abandon your pokey, slow analog modem and step up to DSL's blazing access speeds.
- Sorry, I've never actually used the word 'pokey' in a blog post. What's Your Excuse?
- What more can you say about a gangsta rap superstar who spits, deadpan: ‘Hokey pokey dopey lokey okey dokey’?
- At that moment, Daniel pulled into a small pokey café with petrol on the side of the motorway and made the bike bring to a standstill.
