Synonyms for pokey
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : poh-kee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpoʊ ki |
Top 10 synonyms for pokey Other synonyms for the word pokey
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
- 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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