1. (

• 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) ;

1. (

• dilatory ,
• laggard ,
• poky ,
• pokey

) wasting time ;

2. (

• jerkwater ,
• one-horse ,
• pokey ,
• poky

) small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" ;