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Poky

Confined; cramped.

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Provincial 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Provincial 84% connected

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

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Slow 84% connected

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Slow 84% connected

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Narrower term 2

Lockup 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Workhouse 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trailer 74% connected

One who, or that which, trails.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Trailer 74% connected

One who, or that which, trails.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 7

Clink 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dilatory 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gaol 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jail 92% connected

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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Laggard 92% connected

Slow; sluggish; backward.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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One-horse 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pokey 92% connected

See Poky.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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