Main entry: jail, jailhouse, slammer, gaol, clink, pokey, poky
Definition: 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)
Main entry: pokey, poky, one-horse, jerkwater
Definition: small and remote and insignificant
Usage: a jerkwater college; passed a series of poky little one-horse towns
Main entry: dilatory, pokey, poky, laggard
Definition: wasting time