pokey
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊki
- Homophone: pokie
Adjective
pokey
- (of a room, house) of small volume, cramped
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 9
- He loved the little pokey kitchen, where men’s boots tramped, and the dog slept with one eye open for fear of being trodden on; where the lamp hung over the table at night, and everything was so silent.
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 9
- (slang) slow
- (slang, of a car) fast
Translations
cramped
slow
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fast
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Noun
pokey (plural pokeys)
Synonyms
- in the poke