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poky

adjective noun

Small and remote and insignificant

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Word Facts

Word length
4
Starts with
P
Ends with
Y
Contains
OK
Scrabble score
13

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adjective

  1. Small and remote and insignificant

    “A jerkwater college”

adjective

  1. Wasting time

noun

  1. 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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A jerkwater college
Passed a series of poky little one-horse towns

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