Poky vs Pokey - What's the difference?
poky | pokey |
A gambling device based on the card game poker
slow
(of a room or other enclosed space) small and cramped
(slang) jail
of small volume, cramped
* 1913 ,
(slang) slow
(slang, of a car) fast
Pokey is a alternative form of poky.
In lang=en terms the difference between poky and pokey
is that poky is jail while pokey is slow.As nouns the difference between poky and pokey
is that poky is a gambling device based on the card game poker while pokey is prison.As adjectives the difference between poky and pokey
is that poky is slow while pokey is of a room, house of small volume, cramped.poky
English
Alternative forms
* pokeyEtymology 1
By shortening fromNoun
(pokies)Etymology 2
(en)Adjective
(er)Etymology 3
(en)Adjective
(er)Noun
(pokies)pokey
English
Alternative forms
* pokyAdjective
(head)- 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.