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    [Noun]  | "po*key" | \ ˈpō-kē \


    1: jail


    Origin: circa 1919 ;

     Origin unknown;

    [Noun]  | "the pokey" 


    1: prison

    [Adjective]  | "poky" | \ ˈpō-kē \


    1: small and cramped

    2: shabby, dull

    3: annoyingly slow


    Origin: 1828 ;

     {see: |poke:2|poke:2};

    [Noun]  | "pokey" 


    1: a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody;


      * e.g., " ... joked about the time he passed out on the street and woke up in the pokey "



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    [Adjective]  | "poky" 


    1: moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed;


      * e.g., " ... frustrated with the poky traffic during rush hour "





     [ "pokey" ]

    1: Slang for jail, prison,

      * e.g.,  ... I almost took a trip down to pokey town last night! 

     [ "pokey" ]

    1: A slang term for Jail. It's usually used with a humorous tint or in writing or speech that's less than serious or dramatic. This is a very uncommon reference to jail.

      * e.g.,  ... That drunken fool landed himself in the pokey. 

     [ "pokey" ]

    1: guyanese for vagina

      * e.g.,  ... i gon fuck dat fat pokey 

     [ "pokey" ]

    1: Ness's rival. He aids Giygas later on. He is also very fat.

      * e.g.,  ... Pokey let off some gas! Ness's offense decreased by 10! 

     [ "pokey" ]

    1: .Noun A sharp object, typically a swiss-army or pocket knife used to inflict pain on someone.

      * e.g.,  ... Pokey Bro, 2 dudes were on the train and tried to rob me for my Iphone. I had the pokey on me though so I just started pokin niggas. 


     [ "pokey" ]

    2: Primarily used as a weapon of defense for teens in the inner cities.

      * e.g.,  ... Blood was leaking everywhere shit was crazy. 

     [ "pokey" ]

    1: The backstabbing neighbor of Ness. He is a pussy and fights against Ness in the final battle against Gigyas in a giant metal robot suit.

      * e.g.,  ... Pokey is a fat pussy with no friends. 

     [ "pokey" ]

    1: More meanings:

      * e.g.,  ... I've been in da 'pokeh! 


     [ "pokey" ]

    2: A slang for jail.


     [ "pokey" ]

    3: Slow, 'chubby', etc.

     [ "pokey" ]

    1: adj. and n. Small stuff usually has a pointy/sharp end. (Canadian slang) in Don't Starve (a Klei Entertainment game, Klei is a Canadian video game Corp.), some characters would call "stinger of bee", "sewing kit" , and similar stuff pokey, if you understand the word 'pokey' as jail, or nipples on one's breast, obviously they conflict with the meaning for the context.

      * e.g.,  ... This will keep the pokeys off of me. (spoken by Willow in Don't Starve game) 

     [ "pokey" ]

    1: My favorite thing in the whole world! (Pokey is my favorite thing in the whole everything)

      * e.g.,  ... Name* Is obsessed with Pokey. 

     [ "pokey" ]

    1: When you eat so much, you feel pokey.

      * e.g.,  ... I ate too many garlic-Parmesan wings from TGI-Fridays, my stomach feels pokey. 

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