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View synonyms for poky
poky
/ ˈpəʊkɪ /
adjective
- informal.(esp of rooms) small and cramped
- without speed or energy; slow
noun
- the poky slang.prison
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Derived Forms
- ˈpokiness, noun
- ˈpokily, adverb
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Other Words From
- poki·ly adverb
- poki·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of poky1
C19: from poke 1(in slang sense: to confine)
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Example Sentences
“Come on,” she urged the poky car as it struggled up the slope.
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It's rather a poky place, you know, mamma, and in India I suppose the houses are all enormous.
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It is monstrous to think of burying his talents in a poky little hole like Whitford.
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We used to have a house, of course, before uncle died, and you know how poky rooms seem after that.
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The children are behaving as well as can be, and Sykes too; and it's not a poky house, by any means.
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Somehow Ebenezer did not seem just a poky old farm horse, as Twinkleheels had always regarded him.
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