pokey

Word family nounpokerpokefuladverbpokerishlyadjectivepokeypokingpokypokedverbpoke

Related topics: Jail & punishment

pok·ey /ˈpəʊki $ ˈpoʊ-/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE old-fashioned informal → poky

SCJPRISONa 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

单词	pokey
释义	pokey Word family nounpokerpokefuladverbpokerishlyadjectivepokeypokingpokypokedverbpoke Related topics: Jail & punishment pok·ey /ˈpəʊki $ ˈpoʊ-/ noun [countableC] American EnglishAmE old-fashioned informal → poky SCJPRISONa 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
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