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   poky

   /ˈpəʊki/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a room or building) uncomfortably small and cramped: "five of us shared the poky little room"
   • 2. (especially of a car) having considerable power or acceleration. informal British
   • 3. annoyingly slow or dull: North American "his poky old horse"

   Word Origin mid 18th century (in the sense ‘projecting’): from poke1 (also used in the sense ‘confine’) + -y1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pokily adverb
   • 2. pokiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 13

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • K

     5

   • Y

     4

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