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Nouns
(n)
jail
,
jailhouse
,
gaol
,
clink
,
slammer
,
poky
,
pokey
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
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Adjectives
(s)
dilatory
,
laggard
,
poky
,
pokey
wasting time
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(s)
jerkwater
,
one-horse
,
pokey
,
poky
small and remote and insignificant
“a jerkwater college”
,
“passed a series of poky little one-horse towns”
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