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Synonyms for pokey


Grammar : Noun
Spell : poh-kee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpoʊ ki

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Définition of pokey

Origin :
  • "jail," 1919, of uncertain origin; Barnhart says perhaps altered from pogie "poorhouse" (1891), which itself is of unknown origin.
  • noun jail
Example sentences :
  • No, Pokey, people don't kiss in church or put their hats on.
  • Extract from : « Eight Cousins » by Louisa M. Alcott
  • We must live in one of these pokey, dingy houses for ever and ever.
  • Extract from : « Little Folks (November 1884) » by Various
  • We lived in a pokey little house that we called 'The Tin Shanty.'
  • Extract from : « Mollie's Prince » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
  • You know in this pokey little place no one will ever hear of him.
  • Extract from : « The Doctor » by Ralph Connor
  • Put your money on the table, he said, finally: theres the dicks and theres Pokey.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 » by Various
  • She must be a stiff, pokey sort of a person, and I am sure it will be pleasanter without her.
  • Extract from : « And So They Were Married » by Florence Morse Kingsley
  • 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.
  • Extract from : « "And That's How It Was, Officer" » by Ralph Sholto
  • And if we had been so curious we might have tried to find out things in pokey ways.
  • Extract from : « The Palace in the Garden » by Mary Louisa Molesworth
  • Another objectionable circumstance is, that the pokey unknowns support each other in being unimpressible.
  • Extract from : « Our Mutual Friend » by Charles Dickens
  • One more mess like I barely managed to clean up this week and someone's going to the pokey.
  • Extract from : « Forsyte's Retreat » by Winston Marks
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