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Pokey vs Poley - What's the difference?

pokey | poley |

As adjectives the difference between pokey and poley

is that pokey is of small volume, cramped while poley is (uk|dialect) without horns; polled.

As nouns the difference between pokey and poley

is that pokey is prison while poley is (botany).

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

    poley

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (UK, dialect) Without horns; polled.
  • * Henry Kingsley
    • If it had been any other beast which knocked me down but that poley heifer, I should have been hurt.

    Etymology 2

    Noun

  • (botany)
    • (Webster 1913)