pokey
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Mike is Westish’s biggest booster—he coined the school motto, “We Are One”—so it’s a problem that Pella feels antsy at the thought of settling permanently in this pokey college town.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
She’s a big personality, chatty, colorfully dressed, a ray of sunshine, easily distracted, insanely friendly; she offers a killer a cookie even as he’s being packed off to the pokey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
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
Except there’s something stiff and pokey between my shoulder blades, in that exact spot you can never quite scratch.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
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
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