Pokey: alternatives and connections

Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.

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Of or pertaining to province; constituting a province; as, a provincial government; a provincial dialect.

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

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A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.

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A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.

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One who, or that which, trails.

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One who, or that which, trails.

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To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

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Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant.

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A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.

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A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future ju…

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Slow; sluggish; backward.

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Drawn by one horse; having but a single horse; as, a one-horse carriage.

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Confined; cramped.

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