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noun

    A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal lockup, pen3. Slang big house, can, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, jug, slammer, stir2. Chiefly Regional calaboose. See free/unfree.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a slang term for jail

The adjective pokey has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: wasting time
  Synonyms: dawdling, dilatory, laggard, poky

Meaning #2: small and remote and insignificant
  Synonyms: jerkwater, one-horse, poky

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