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pokiness

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pok⋅y

  [poh-kee] adjective, pok⋅i⋅er, pok⋅i⋅est, noun, plural pok⋅ies.
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–adjective Informal.
1. puttering; slow; dull: poky drivers.
2. (of a place) small and cramped: a poky little room.
3. (of dress) dowdy.
–noun
4. Slang. a jail: They put him in the poky for carrying a concealed weapon.
Origin:
1840–50; poke 1 + -y 1

Related forms:
pok⋅i⋅ly, adverb
pok⋅i⋅ness, noun
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pok·y 1 also poke·y   (pō'kē)   
adj.   pok·i·er, pok·i·est Informal

  1. Dawdling; slow: waited for the poky sales clerk to ring up the sale.

  2. Frumpish; shabby: found poky old clothes at the thrift store.

  3. Small and cramped: a poky but inexpensive apartment.


[From poke1.]
pok'i·ly adv., pok'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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