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Synonyms for pokey

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Synonyms for 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)

wasting time

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small and remote and insignificant

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members the They are very, very pokey Coun Barry Henley, who also called for a more elegant design for the apartments
Pokey sets his original lyrics to a range of musical forms from western swing, bluegrass and ragtime to blues, country and folk.
Pokey LaFarge may dress like a '30s throw-back - he is,coincidentally, in his early thirties - but his original songs are peppered with everyday references which, one assumes, have been absorbed osmosis-like on his endless road of touring the USA and beyond.
City that the done by pals have Even as I drew a letter D on the big pokey princess hat in my book of fairytales, I've never seen any merit in being a damsel in distress.
But signing to Jack White's Third Man Records could also be viewed as Pokey La Farge pushing the boundaries of what he can do again - after all, this is the man who is bringing Americana back to the masses without turning it into some kind of retro nostalgia trip.
Spinelli, Jerry Hokey Pokey. Knopf/Random House, 2013.
While indeed, critics find fault in the best of things, including arguments, those claiming the knowledge high-ground should also be wary of pokey petards.
Plus, there''s a chance to enjoy blues group Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three.
Kipp's refused to go back after our depressing visit to the over-crowded pokey zoo.
I know this all sounds a bit dodgy, but I need to move out of this pokey flat and soon.
If you don't hurry, My pokey little pup, You won't get to bed 'til it's time to get up!
However, Judge Revel could indeed throw her in the pokey for missing three alcohol ed classes as of her last court appearance.
A typically caustic insight has a new mother, left alone with her newborn in the hospital, checking her watch again and again for the time when the nurse will come and free her from her infant: "She felt, to her shame, that he was a piece of hospital property that had been dumped on her and abandoned--they would never come to take him away." The array of acute portraits--ice maiden Lakey, chubby, genial heiress Pokey, sexless bluestocking Helena, and biddable, earnestly leftist Priss--give the book its lasting appeal.