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)
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wasting time
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small and remote and insignificant
<adj.all> a jerkwater college passed a series of poky little one-horse towns
Poky \Pok"y\, a. [Written also pokey.] 1. Confined; cramped. [Prov. Eng.]