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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
pokey
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)
• Syn:
jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky
• Derivationally related forms:
gaol (for: gaol), jail (for: jail)
• Hypernyms:
correctional institution
• Hyponyms:
bastille, holding cell, hoosegow, hoosgow, house of correction,
lockup, workhouse
1. wasting time
• Syn:
dilatory, laggard, poky
• Similar to:
slow
• Derivationally related forms:
poke, poke (for: poky)
2. small and remote and insignificant
- a jerkwater college
- passed a series of poky little one-horse towns
• Syn:
jerkwater, one-horse, poky
• Similar to:
provincial
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