pokey
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But let’s get real: This giant adult toy is going to be constructed one way or another, whether at reasonable speed or in pokey chug-chug fashion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
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
According to the lawyers working on behalf of Dominion, Fox's lawyers have been pokey when it comes to turning over evidence in a timely fashion for the ongoing defamation case.
From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2023
Then Vonetta and Fern started dancing and singing: “You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about.”
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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
