pokey in WordNet English dictionary

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)
   jail  jailhouse  gaol  clink  slammer  poky  pokey 
   

1. wasting time
   dilatory  laggard  poky  pokey 
   
2. small and remote and insignificant
   "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns"
   jerkwater  one-horse  pokey  poky