单词	pokeys
释义	pokey noun po·​key ˈpō-kē  plural pokeys slang : jail Synonyms bastille big house [slang] bridewell brig calaboose can clink [slang] cooler coop guardroom hock hold hoosegow jail jailhouse joint [slang] jug lockup nick [British slang] pen penitentiary prison quod [British slang] slam slammer stir [slang] stockade tolbooth [Scottish] See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences joked about the time he passed out on the street and woke up in the pokey Recent Examples on the Web In either case, Twitter didn’t get the joke and Dan got a day in the Twitter pokey — the same punishment HIPAA expert Greene received for spreading false vaccine conspiracies (though MTG was later banned for good). Daniel Novack, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2022 Former Uber self-driving boss Anthony Levandowski could find himself in the pokey for a spell. Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 30 July 2020 But another shoe is yet to drop: next week, a different judge will sentence him on two conspiracy counts, charges that each carry a maximum of five years, which could potentially add years to his time in the pokey. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2019 In November 1983, Lewis called assistant U.S. attorney Jeremy Margolis, who had helped to put him in the pokey. Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, 2 Feb. 2018 Thirty-five at the time, the Russian immigrant went to the pokey for three years, having pleaded guilty to wire fraud, mail fraud and making threats on the phone. David Segal, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2017 Word History Etymology origin unknown First Known Use circa 1919, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing pokey the pokey the pokey pokeys noun plural of pokey, slang as in penitentiaries a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody joked about the time he passed out on the street and woke up in the pokey Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance penitentiaries jails prisons brigs bridewells bastilles pens stockades lockups big houses guardrooms quods calabooses cages hocks slammers jugs coops bull pens jailhouses coolers nicks dungeons tanks tolbooths clinks hoosegows cans joints slams cells holes labor camps stirs stalags work camps concentration camps holds wards guardhouses prison camps hulks reform schools keeps blocks reformatories training schools glasshouses gulags oubliettes Antonyms & Near Antonyms outsides
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