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单词 pokey
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pokeyn.1

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymons: poke n.2, -y suffix6; poky bonnet n. at poky adj. Compounds.
Etymology: Either < poke n.2 + -y suffix6, or shortened < poky bonnet n. at poky adj. Compounds.
colloquial. Obsolete. rare.
= poke bonnet n.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > woman's bonnet > types of > poke bonnet
poke bonnet1801
poke1815
poky bonnet1861
pokey1880
1880 Daily News 2 July 5 A pleasing contrast to those oppressive times when inexorable custom compelled all to wear spoon-bills or pokeys or Leghorns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

pokeyn.2

Brit. /ˈpəʊki/, U.S. /ˈpoʊki/
Forms: 1900s– pokey, 1900s– poky.
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pogey n.
Etymology: Apparently alteration of pogey n., perhaps after poky adj.
slang (originally and chiefly North American).
Chiefly with the. Prison, jail.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun]
quarternOE
prisona1200
jailc1275
lodgec1290
galleya1300
chartrea1325
ward1338
keepingc1384
prison-house1419
lying-house1423
javel1483
tollbooth1488
kidcotec1515
clinkc1530
warding-place1571
the hangman's budget1589
Newgate1592
gehenna1594
Lob's pound1597
caperdewsie1599
footman's inn1604
cappadochio1607
pena1640
marshalsea1652
log-house1662
bastille1663
naskin1673
state prison1684
tronk1693
stone-doublet1694
iron or stone doublet1698
college1699
nask1699
quod1699
shop1699
black hole1707
start1735
coop1785
blockhouse1796
stone jug1796
calaboose1797
factory1806
bull-pen1809
steel1811
jigger1812
jug1815
kitty1825
rock pile1830
bughouse1842
zindan1844
model1845
black house1846
tench1850
mill1851
stir1851
hoppet1855
booby hatch1859
caboose1865
cooler1872
skookum house1873
chokey1874
gib1877
nick1882
choker1884
logs1888
booby house1894
big house1905
hoosegow1911
can1912
detention camp1916
pokey1919
slammer1952
joint1953
slam1960
1919 C. H. Darling Jargon Bk. 26 Pokey, a jail.
1929 D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan Aug. 73/2 He hears riding rum is illegal and may land a guy in the pokey.
1957 M. Millar Soft Talkers 151 This isn't the Royal York Hotel, but it's better than a cell in the local pokey.
1974 Maclean's Dec. 30/2 A number of revered figures sat out the Depression in the poky, because they fiddled with other people's money.
1993 Super Bike Jan. 56/2 The rules were simple: above 120mph meant jail, below 120 meant sizeable cash. A Spaniard and a Froggy ended up in pokey.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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