pokey
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈpoʊki/
- Slang
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- Get caught a second time, and you're off to the pokey for two years.
- go to the pokey
- back in the pokey
- man in the pokey
Examples
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He's in the pokey now.
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I catch you around here again I'm gonna throw you in the pokey, you understand?
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- Okay, I guess we're off to the pokey then.
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So, my Mom became the first in our family to spend time in the pokey.
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Dog catcher took him to the pokey.
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They might both be heading to the pokey for tax fraud.
Blog text (17) -
Simpson, 54, spent a night in the pokey last August after he was pulled over in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles.
Blog text (25) -
After his third arrest, he was sentenced to five months in the pokey for minor drug offenses.
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She told her friend that if he kept breaking the law, he would end up back in the pokey again.
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The police took him to the pokey after he was caught vandalizing the neighborhood.
Synonyms
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1.0
A building where people are kept as punishment or while waiting for their trial
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5.6
A place or situation that makes someone feel trapped
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4.1
A building where police keep people who are waiting for trial or serving a sentence
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9.4
An informal word for prison where people serve time
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9.8
A prison or jail where people are kept after arrest
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8.6
A prison or jail where people are kept by the police
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9.9
A jail or prison where people go when they break the law
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8.9
A building that holds people as punishment for a crime
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9.9
A small, dirty local jail
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9.9
A prison where people are kept as punishment for a crime
A place where people are kept after being arrested
An old British word for a prison or jail
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pokey for a jail probably comes from poke 'bag', the same root as pocket; think of a small, closed space like a bag, and you'll remember a pokey is a small jail.