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Poky vs Poy - What's the difference?

poky | poy |

As nouns the difference between poky and poy

is that poky is a gambling device based on the card game poker or poky can be (slang) jail while poy is a support structure.

As an adjective poky

is slow or poky can be (of a room or other enclosed space) small and cramped.

poky

English

Alternative forms

* pokey

Etymology 1

By shortening from

Noun

(pokies)
  • A gambling device based on the card game poker

    • Etymology 2

    (en)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • slow

    • Etymology 3

    (en)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of a room or other enclosed space) small and cramped

    • Noun

    (pokies)
  • (slang) jail

    • poy

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a support structure.
  • a balancing pole used by rope dancers
  • a long pole, normally with a hook, used to push barges upstream.

    • Related terms

    * teapoy ----