poky
adjective/ˈpəʊki/
/ˈpəʊki/
(comparative pokier, superlative pokiest)
(informal)- (especially British English) (of a room or a building) too small; without much space synonym cramped
- a poky little room
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- (also pokey)(both North American English) extremely slow and annoying
Word Originmid 19th cent. (in the sense ‘concerned with petty matters’): from poke (in a contemporaneous sense ‘confine’) + -y.
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