pokey
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈpoʊ.ki/
- (of a room, house) of small volume, cramped
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 9
- 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.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 9
- (slang) slow
- (slang, of a car) fast
- German: eng
- Russian: те́сный
pokey (plural pokeys)
- (slang, with "the") prison.
- in the poke
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