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pokey

• (s) wasting time dilatory, laggard, poky,
• (s) small and remote and insignificant
  • a jerkwater college
  • passed a series of poky little one-horse towns
  jerkwater, one-horse, poky,

Nouns

• (n) 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) gaol, jail, jailhouse, poky, clink, slammer,

Synonyms

dilatory laggard poky gaol jail jailhouse clink slammer jerkwater one-horse

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