poky

A gambling device based on the card game poker.

slangJail.

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)

Slow.

Stupid; mentally dull.

of a roomother enclosed spaceSmall and cramped, and often shabby.

Wasting time

Small and remote and insignificant

“a jerkwater college”

“passed a series of poky little one-horse towns”