pokey
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Family and adult-only fun include roller disco night and open skate hours with the hokey pokey, limbo and partner skate events.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
It opens with an unfunny protracted bit in which Barry, who’s late for work, orders a sandwich from a pokey server.
From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
While Proud Boys yelled and shoved outside the entrance, the children inside Loyalty Bookstores laughed, did the hokey pokey and danced as drag queen Charlemagne Chateau, dressed as a princess, read stories, they said.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 21, 2023
"And so then what? They're going to send us to the pokey?" she questioned.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2022
“Put your left foot in and shake it all about. You do the hokey pokey, and you turn yourself around,” Lou Ann sings along.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
II: Body Language In 17th century England, the reigning Stuarts took increasingly to popping their political foes into the Tower of London and other pokeys, without bothering much with prosecutions or convictions.
From Time Magazine Archive
The peaked shoes, chained to the knee, were not more ridiculous than the deep, wide sleeves commonly called pokeys, which were shaped like a bagpipe and were worn by all classes.
From The Evolution of Fashion by Florence Mary Gardiner
