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Related topics: Jail & punishmentpok·ey /ˈpəʊki $ ˈpoʊ-/ noun [countable] American English old-fashioned informal SCJPRISONa prison 监狱Examples from the Corpuspokey• Looking pink and refreshed after a short break, Mr Smith strode into the pokey committee rooms to a rabble-rousing welcome.• The bad yellow-eyed woman made me take my toothbrush in case I got carted off to pokey.Origin pokey (1900-2000) Probably from pogey “prison”; POGEYpok·ey nounChineseSyllable Corpus prison a |