pokey

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pokey

/ˈpoʊ.ki/ US

Sounds like pokie · Rhymes with -əʊki

adjective poky

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.
slang Slow.
slang Of a car, fast.

noun pokeys · poky

slang, with definite article Prison.
Multicultural London English, slang A knife. Grip my pokey, ching down these punks
Similar: jooka, ying, bassy, rambo

Similar: in the poke

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noun

Similar: in the poke

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adj cramped

Français	exigu, exigüe
Deutsch	eng
Русский	те́сный tésnyj

noun prison

Deutsch	Gefängnis, Knast

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@misc{pokey_2026,
  title = {pokey},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pokey},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}