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Definition of Pokeys
1. pokey [n] - See also: pokey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pokeys
Literary usage of Pokeys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1806)
"... pokeys of the sovereign himself. Ministers of peace and War, the distribution
of rewards and punishments depended on them alone, and they successively ..."
2. The Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide. edited by Joseph T Whittelsey, Irving C Wright (1913)
"... which made it a very pleasant week's outing, and the winding up with much
excitement over the arrival of Mr. " pokeys'' Bernards' " Launch'' Lookout by ..."
3. Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards by John King Van Rensselaer (1912)
"The long sleeves were nicknamed "pokeys," since food or precious articles might
be concealed in them, so these bag sleeves were the ancestors of pockets and ..."
4. The British Harbinger by David King (1870)
"... tied under the chin ; the sleeves were deep and wide, shaped like a bagpipe,
and called pokeys—this garment was worn alike by master and servant. ..."
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