jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky
(adjective) small and remote and insignificant; “a jerkwater college”; “passed a series of poky little one-horse towns”
dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey
(adjective) wasting time
Source: WordNet® 3.1
pokier
comparative form of poky
Source: Wiktionary
Pok"ey, a.
Definition: See Poky.
Pok"y, a. Etym: [Written also pokey.]
1. Confined; cramped. [Prov. Eng.]
2. Dull; tedious; uninteresting. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
