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    pokey

    US /'poʊkɪ/

    ・

    UK /'pəʊkɪ/

    C2
    n.NounWasting time; small and remote and insignificant
    He spent seven years in the pokey

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    • And I'll assume it's hardly pokey.

      And I'll assume it's hardly pokey.

    • assume it's hardly pokey. Considering its

      assume it's hardly pokey. Considering its

    B2

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    • I couldn't believe how spacious it was compared to the pokey one I was used to.

      I couldn't believe how spacious it was compared to the pokey one I was used to.

    • I couldn't believe how spacious it was compared to the pokey one I was used to.

      I couldn't believe how spacious it was compared to the pokey one I was used to.

    B1

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    • Originally, when we first saw the apartment, it was pokey and dark, the light fittings were pretty ugly.

      Originally, when we first saw the apartment, it was pokey and dark, the light fittings were pretty ugly.

    • Originally, when we first saw the apartment, it was pokey and dark, the light fittings were pretty ugly.

      Originally, when we first saw the apartment, it was pokey and dark, the light fittings were pretty ugly.

    B1

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    • spiked mice, caterpillar-like enemies, and a snowman that looks strangely like a pokey.

      spiked mice, caterpillar-like enemies, and a snowman that looks strangely like a pokey.

    • and a Snowman that looks strangely like a Pokey.

      and a Snowman that looks strangely like a Pokey.

    B1

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    • Let's do the hokey pokey

      Let's do the hokey pokey

    • Let's do the Hokey Pokey.

      Let's do the Hokey Pokey.

    A2

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    • I don't care if he does a pokey little trot.

      I don't care if he does a pokey little trot.

    • I don't care if he does a pokey little trot.

      I don't care if he does a pokey little trot.

    B1

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    • and some pokey candy

      and some pokey candy

    A2

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    • So like I said, we're going to have either a pokey.

      So like I said, we're going to have either a pokey.

    B1

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    • People have this image of how Romans lived in apartment buildings in complete squalor, in tiny little pokey apartments.

      People have this image of how Romans lived in apartment buildings in complete squalor, in tiny little pokey apartments.

    • in complete squalor, in tiny little pokey apartments.

      in complete squalor, in tiny little pokey apartments.

    B1

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    • These included things like Hokey Pokey, which came in bright colours, and

      These included things like Hokey Pokey, which came in bright colours, and

    • These included things like hokey pokey (which came in bright colours) and the penny lick (which was a glass cone).

      These included things like hokey pokey (which came in bright colours) and the penny lick (which was a glass cone).

    B1