pokey

Noun
  1. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) (synset 103597432)
    is a type of: correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government
    subtypes:
    • bastille - a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
    • holding cell - a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial
    • hoosegow, hoosgow - slang for a jail
    • house of correction - (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences
    • lockup - jail in a local police station
    • workhouse - a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
    same as: clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, poky, slammer
Adjective
  1. Wasting time (synset 300984258)
    similar to: slow - not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time
    same as: dilatory, laggard, poky
  2. Small and remote and insignificant (synset 300640313)
    "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
    similar to: provincial - characteristic of the provinces or their people
    same as: jerkwater, one-horse, poky

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