Adjective : poky drivers. ,a poky little room. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : They put him in the poky for carrying a concealed weapon. From Dictionary.com.
Not being too rapted in those "poky" little metal adjustment wheels, I'd go for a shim adjusted bridge with a bone insert. From Wordnik.com. [Mandolin Cafe News] Reference
When supper was announced, Polly happened to be talking, or trying to talk, to one of the "poky" gentlemen whom Fan had introduced. From Wordnik.com. [An Old-Fashioned Girl] Reference
That 's the way we girls studied at school, except a few 'poky' ones, who wanted to be learned, or meant to be teachers. ". From Wordnik.com. [Dred; A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Vol. I] Reference
And anyway, traffic is limiting me to a poky 27 mph. From Wordnik.com. [To Catch a Car Thief, the Police Exercise a Little Remote Control] Reference
"We're not going to get anything; it'll be awful poky.". From Wordnik.com. [Six Girls A Home Story] Reference
Why hadn't she kept her poky old nose out of his affairs?. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
“And are you going to live in that poky little house?”. From Wordnik.com. [The Prussian Officer and Other Stories] Reference
We would share those poky little rooms until we graduated. From Wordnik.com. [Mao's last dancer]
Alice thought of her small, poky, shabby, comfortable home. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Gossip]
"I went to get a hoky-poky at the corner," replied the girl. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
The opposition was sad and slow; the posse poky, uninterested. From Wordnik.com. [The Running Is Done] Reference
"I hope we are not to go on living in this poky little place!". From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
Since the sharks cruise at a poky 2mph, the journey took months. From Wordnik.com. [Traveling Sharks] Reference
So how come you know a poky little hole like Scardale so well? '. From Wordnik.com. [A Place of Execution]
I wandered around a bit and found myself in that poky little street. From Wordnik.com. [Through Wolfs Eyes] Reference
Dion Boucicault business with his harvestmoon face in a poky bonnet. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Two hours later the boys were off in a little open buggy behind poky Old. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Hill House] Reference
AT&T's poky EDGE network slows load times, but thankfully there's Wi-Fi. From Wordnik.com. [Apple iPhone] Reference
He had too long chafed under the dusty, poky attitude of the old regime. From Wordnik.com. [The Titan] Reference
These days I live in one of them poky little council bungalows in the village. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
It's a damned poky little hole, anyway, just right for an insignificant Ensign. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Trafalgar]
"Cash is so poky!" complained the salesgirl to her companion behind the counter. From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
He had not been solemn and poky, as she had prophesied, and the fact nettled her. From Wordnik.com. [Six Girls A Home Story] Reference
No, this was all, all there was of it: just these two miserable little poky rooms!. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
He was in a little poky room one day, when he saw this carving “Multa Pecunia.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
"Can you understand anyone living in such a poky, ramshackle little hovel?" asked Sylvia. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
Stores on farms are poky places, and the things always hidden away in inaccessible spots. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
"Now, since I was so poky in getting here and you've obviously had time to settle in ....". From Wordnik.com. [From This Beloved Hour]
‘What is the use of our all crowding each other up in this poky little place?’ he said. From Wordnik.com. [The Green Fairy Book] Reference
I was dull, uninteresting, poky -- no more the Sallie Cox that other men know than I am you. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference
The only value I can see is to provide a little giddyap to that poky foursome in front of you. From Wordnik.com. [Len Berman: Top 5 Sports Stories] Reference
Very poky, so Nel tells me, but there is room for her mother if she cares to go and live there. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Wish]
It is a tiny poky concrete cell with triple-decker bunk-beds where he lives with eleven other men. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: The Dark Side Of Dubai] Reference
The children are behaving as well as can be, and Sykes too; and it's not a poky house, by any means. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
"Kendall Major's missed it, I tell you, going off to that poky architectural show," she declared to Miss Jinny. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at School] Reference
"He favors Sherwood because she attends his poky old lectures on architectural drawing and pretends she likes them.". From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves] Reference
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