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单词
pokey
释义
pokey
Word family
noun
poker
pokeful
adverb
pokerishly
adjective
pokey
poking
poky
poked
verb
poke
Related topics:
Jail & punishment
pok
·
ey
/
ˈpəʊki
$
ˈpoʊ-
/
noun
[
countable
C
]
American English
AmE
old-fashioned
informal
→
poky
SCJ
PRISON
a prison
监狱
Examples from the Corpus
pokey
•
Looking pink and refreshed after a short break, Mr Smith strode into the
pokey
committee rooms to a rabble-rousing welcome.
•
The bad yellow-eyed woman made me take my toothbrush in case I got carted off to
pokey
.
Origin
pokey
(
1900-2000
)
Probably from
pogey
“
prison
”
;
POGEY
随便看
without parallel
without prejudice
without prejudice to
without prejudice to something
without prejudice (to something)
without prejudice to sth
without question
without remedy
without reply
without saying a word
without (saying) a word
without so much as
without so much as a by leave
without so much as a by your leave
without so much as something
without so much as sth
without wanting to do
without wanting to do something
without wanting to do sth
without wanting/wishing to do something
without wishing to do
without wishing to do something
without wishing to do sth
with own fair hands
with pinpoint accuracy
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