POKIER

POKY

jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky

(adjective) small and remote and insignificant; ā€œa jerkwater collegeā€; ā€œpassed a series of poky little one-horse townsā€

dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey

(adjective) wasting time

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

pokier

comparative form of poky

Source: Wiktionary


POKEY

Pok"ey, a.

Definition: See Poky.

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



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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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