/ ˈpəʊki; NAmE ˈpoʊki/ adjective ( informal )
1.
( of a room or a building ) too small; without much space
SYN cramped :
a poky little room
2.
(also pokey ) (both NAmE ) extremely slow and annoying
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent. (in the sense concerned with petty matters ): from poke (in a contemporaneous sense confine) + -y .