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Pokey vs Pokes - What's the difference?

pokey | pokes |

As nouns the difference between pokey and pokes

is that pokey is prison while pokes is plural of poke.

As an adjective pokey

is of a room, house of small volume, cramped.

As a verb pokes is

third-person singular of poke.

pokey

English

Alternative forms

* poky

Adjective

(head)
  • of small volume, cramped
  • * 1913 ,
  • 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
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • prison.
  • Synonyms

    * in the poke

    pokes

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (poke)
  • Noun

    (head)
  • Anagrams

    * spoke