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[ poh-kee ] / ˈpoʊ ki / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pokey ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural pok·eys.Slang.Usually the pokey . a jail: They put him in the pokey for carrying a concealed weapon. Origin of pokeyFirst recorded in 1915–20; origin uncertain; possibly a variant of pogey Words nearby pokeypoker-faced, poker machine, poker spine, pokerwork, pokeweed, pokey, pokie, poky, pol, Pola, Polabian Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pokeyInstead of pokey World War II–era planes, the communists deployed MIG fighters that were a match for the best American planes. Soviet-Era Secret Leakers Were Way Worse Than Snowden|Steve Usdin|August 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST If Joey got a year in the pokey, then I hope Bernard L. Madoff lives as long as Methuselah and spends all 969 years behind bars. I Made the List!|Burt Ross|February 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST I've got a hunch that if you don't, we go to the pokey and Uncle Peter will be left free to blow up everybody in town. "And That's How It Was, Officer"|Ralph Sholto She must be a stiff, pokey sort of a person, and I am sure it will be pleasanter without her. And So They Were Married|Florence Morse Kingsley
"Tonscience p'icked her," murmured a contrite voice from behind the small hands pressed tightly over Pokey's red face. Eight Cousins|Louisa M. Alcott "Me's so 'shamed of Pokey," sobbed the small culprit, quite overcome by remorse and confusion at this awful disclosure. Eight Cousins|Louisa M. Alcott Of course it's possible she may have her reasons for that, but I never put in such a pokey time before in all my life! Hope Hathaway|Frances Parker
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