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Noun
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(n)
jail (jail%1:06:00::)
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jailhouse (jailhouse%1:06:00::)
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gaol (gaol%1:06:00::)
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clink (clink%1:06:00::)
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slammer (slammer%1:06:00::)
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poky (poky%1:06:00::)
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pokey (pokey%1:06:00::)
(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))
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
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sister term
S:
(n)
correctional institution (correctional_institution%1:06:00::)
(a penal institution maintained by the government)
derivationally related form
Adjective
S:
(adj)
dilatory (dilatory%3:00:00:slow:01)
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laggard (laggard%3:00:00:slow:01)
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poky (poky%3:00:00:slow:01)
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pokey (pokey%3:00:00:slow:01)
(wasting time)
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(adj)
jerkwater (jerkwater%3:00:00:provincial:00)
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one-horse (one-horse%3:00:00:provincial:00)
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pokey (pokey%3:00:00:provincial:00)
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poky (poky%3:00:00:provincial:00)
(small and remote and insignificant)
"a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"