Translations for „pokey“ in the English » German Dictionary

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I . pok·ey [ˈpəʊki, Am ˈpoʊki] ADJ

pokey → poky

II . pok·ey [ˈpəʊki, Am ˈpoʊki] N

1. pokey Am dated sl (prison):

pokey

Bau m inf

pokey

Kittchen nt inf

he'll get three years in pokey if he's caught

wenn man ihn schnappt, muss er drei Jahre sitzen inf

2. pokey Aus → pokie

See also poky , pokie

poky [ˈpəʊki, Am ˈpoʊki] ADJ pej

1. poky (small):

poky

winzig

2. poky Am (slow):

poky

lahm

poky

träge

pokie [ˈpəʊki] N Aus inf

pokie

Spielautomat m

ho·key-co·key [ˌhəʊkiˈkəʊki], ho·key-po·key Am [Am ˌhoʊkiˈpoʊki] N

the hokey-cokey

Hokey-Pokey m (Gruppentanz im Kreis)

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

he'll get three years in pokey if he's caught

wenn man ihn schnappt, muss er drei Jahre sitzen inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There had been many theories and conjectures about the meaning of the words hokey pokey, and of their origin.

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Pokey s artistic style is deliberately crude, even childish.

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Pokey has her hands full with two sets of twins.

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Sometimes, when his spines get into trouble, he claims that he's a pokey cowpoke.

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That lowly status shows here in the pokey storytelling, dreadful score, and generally tired comedy.

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