单词 | pokey |
释义 | † pokeyn.1 colloquial. Obsolete. rare. = poke bonnet n. ΘΚΠ 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 slang (originally and chiefly North American). Chiefly with the. Prison, jail. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.11880n.21919 |
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