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Webster 1913 Edition

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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.
(slang) slow
(slang, of a car) fast

cramped

slow

fast

pokey ‎(plural pokeys)

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