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pokey
/ˈpoʊ.ki/
adj 3noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
little, loved
VERB + POKEY
grip
POKEY + NOUN
kitchen, men
PREP.
down, in
Definitions
adj
1
of small volume, cramped (of a room, house)
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.
2
slow
3
fast
noun
1
prison.
2
knife.
Grip my pokey, ching down these punks
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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 silen
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Grip my pokey, ching down these punks
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Tom spent all night in the pokey.
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