POKEY

Meaning of POKEY in English

jail, prison

Don't mention pokey in your resume. You don't want to advertise your time in jail.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

POKEY — mahinayon
English-Visayan vocabulary
POKEY — noun (plural ~s) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1919 jail
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
POKEY — noun also poky ˈpōkē, -ki ( plural pokeys also pokies ) Etymology: alteration of earlier pogie workhouse, of unknown origin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
POKEY — (a.) See Poky.
Английский словарь Webster
POKEY — ( a. ) See Poky.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POKEY — /poh"kee/ , adj. pokier, pokiest , n. , pl. pokeys . poky.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POKEY — adj. restricted, limited; boring, tiresome; stupid, dumb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
POKEY — noun ( plural pokeys ) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1919 slang : jail
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POKEY — adj ·see poky.
Webster English vocab
POKEY — ■ noun informal, chiefly N. Amer. prison. Origin early 20th cent.: alt. of pogey (an early sense being 'hostel for …
Concise Oxford English vocab
POKEY — [po.key] n, pl pokeys [origin unknown] (ca. 1919) slang: jail
Merriam-Webster English vocab
POKEY — pok|ey, pok|ie, pok|y BrE AmE ˈpəʊk |i AmE ˈpoʊk |i ▷ pok|eys iz ▷ pok|ier i‿ə AmE i‿ ə r …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POKEY — ➡ poky
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POKEY — pok ‧ ey /ˈpəʊki $ ˈpoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] American English old-fashioned informal [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: Probably …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POKEY — n. US sl. prison. [perh. f. POKY]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POKEY — n. US sl. prison. [ perh. f. POKY ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POKEY — n. US sl. prison. Etymology: perh. f. POKY
Oxford English vocab
POKEY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Looking pink and refreshed after a short break, Mr Smith strode into the pokey committee …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POKEY — adj. Function: noun Synonyms: JAIL , ||calaboose, ||can, ||clink, cooler, ||hoosegow, jug, lockup, prison, ||stir
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
POKEY — noun Synonyms: jail , ||calaboose, ||can, ||clink, cooler, ||hoosegow, jug, lockup, prison, ||stir
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
POKEY — • ↑ poky/pokey
Longman Activator English vocab
POKEY — (американизм) (сленг) тюрьма, тюряга
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
POKEY — Убогий
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
POKEY — pokey.ogg ʹpəʋkı n амер. сл. тюрьма, тюряга
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
POKEY — (n) тюрьма; тюряга
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
POKEY — n амер. сл. тюрьма, тюряга
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
POKEY — n AmE sl I knew damn well that he would use any excuse to toss me in the pokey — Я …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
POKEY — n AmE sl I knew damn well that he would use any excuse to toss me in the pokey — …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
POKEY — pokey n AmE sl I knew damn well that he would use any excuse to toss me in the pokey …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
POKEY — I knew damn well that he would use any excuse to toss me in the pokey — Я очень хорошо …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
POKEY — adj. Pronunciation: ' p ō -k ē Function: noun Inflected Form: plural pokeys Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1919 slang …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
POKEY — n амер. сл. тюрьма, тюряга
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
POKEY — убогий
English-Russian Online Dictionary
POKEY — убогий, неопределенный, безвкусный
English-Russian vocab
POKEY — (американизм) (сленг) тюрьма, тюряга
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

English Idioms vocabulary

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