pokey has definitions from the field of law
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[ adjective ] small and remote and insignificant

Examples

"a jerkwater college" "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"

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provincial

2
[ adjective ] wasting time

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slow

3
[ adjective ] small and remote and insignificant

Examples

"a jerkwater college" "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"

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provincial

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[ noun ] (law) a slang term for jail

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jail

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