| 单词 | pokey |
| 例句 | “You think Holy Tradition that the Church keep for two thousand years is hokey pokey?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Isabella and I find a spot on the pokey grass, and just as I’m rearranging my beret for the millionth time, I see Julia. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Then Vonetta and Fern started dancing and singing: “You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She was all by herself, a skinny girl with a sour look on her face and pokey elbows to match. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So they went along in their pokey fashion, the weirdly shaped Gremlin making rolling stops at traffic signs and the Eldorado, a little bit later, doing the same. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “With all the money she’d have to print up to buy this house, the FBI would have tracked her down and thrown her in the pokey.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Except there’s something stiff and pokey between my shoulder blades, in that exact spot you can never quite scratch. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “Aloha” has too much story and yet not quite enough, and its rhythms are rushed and pokey. Review: ‘Aloha,’ a Hangout Movie With Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone in Hawaii 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z While writing it in "this horrible, pokey flat in London" two years after the fact, Davidson said she experienced an incredible feat of memory. John Curran's 'Tracks' recounts epic Aussie trek 2013-08-29T16:22:11Z The pokey service is part of a larger issue at Whaley’s: a generally green staff still learning its craft — and how to read a table. Whaley’s review: An urban twist on boardwalk seafood 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z As the yawning gap between office prices and house prices continues to widen, developers are bound to cash in, get rid of their commercial tenants, and quickly parcel up floorplates into pokey flats. Home truths: how the housing market is threatening affordable workspaces 2013-01-28T16:47:51Z What does one do in a pokey tub? Journeys: Houseboating on Northern California?s Delta 2010-07-24T05:01:00Z After idling in that pokey room for a few itchy minutes I was summoned by the porter and handed off to a chambermaid. | 'Hotel Savoy': The Porter Will Kindly Show You to Your Doom 2010-10-06T21:59:00Z But the result was a talky, pokey narrative that wasn’t brought to life by its action set pieces, no matter how well they were done. ‘Daredevil’ Season 2: Watched It All? Let’s Talk 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z A "simian stroll", I can only imagine, means to walk like a monkey/ape, which conjures up northern malcontents trading snouts on pokey back streets full of naive hope. This week's new singles 2011-08-05T23:08:27Z The comic drama "Isn't It Delicious" is aimed squarely at baby boomers — the hokey pokey plays a pivotal role, and a trio of central characters are named after Kennedys. 'Delicious' delivers a tart tale of a dying salty matriarch 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z “Music was always the oasis of my soul,” he says in one of the monologues that dapple the evening and often, sad to say, reduce its driving rhythms to a rather pokey amble. 'Mighty Real,' a Musical About the Pop Star Sylvester 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z It opens with an unfunny protracted bit in which Barry, who’s late for work, orders a sandwich from a pokey server. ‘The Flash’ Review: Electric Company 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The last expansion, swapping the beloved but pokey Art Deco Hayden Planetarium of 1935 for the Rose Center, by the New York firm then called Polshek Partnership, was a scientific leap forward. Natural History Museum’s Expansion: Part Dr. Seuss, Part Jurassic Park 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z The postwar reconstruction retained the old city's street plan, so the scale of things remains relatively diffident: inside the Ring, the blocks are small, the sightlines are short and the buildings are pokey. T Magazine: Grand Teuton 2012-11-12T16:00:53Z In response, there’s been shock at this newfound exasperation at the old “thoughts and prayers” hokey pokey. There is no war on prayer: Stop hand-wringing over “prayer shaming” and confront the hypocrisy of empty gestures 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z He’s tall with large, mournful brown eyes and a body made of regenerating twigs—a huggable look, though in practice he would probably be a little pokey. “I am Groot”: The secret environmental messaging buried in “Guardians of the Galaxy” 2014-08-08T04:00:00Z For any die-hard Wilde fan, that last afternoon of freedom in a pokey room on the corner of Pont Street is one of the great romantic riddles of the 19th century. Rupert Everett Gets His Oscar (Wilde, That Is) 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Set in Florence in 1963, Mr. Vichi’s novel, the first in a new Italian crime series, is pokey in a good way, capturing the grogginess of August as well as the locals’ attention to pleasure. New Books by M. L. Stedman, Yvvette Edwards and More 2012-07-25T21:57:20Z “Inventing Anna” is a long, pokey road trip with no G.P.S. ‘Inventing Anna’ Review: The SoHo Scammer, Explained at Length 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Once again, I was driving into the hills, this time in a pokey Fiat Panda with Vincent Vichit-Vadakan, a literary agent, as my Italian-speaking companion. Through Home Food, Being a Guest for Meals at Italian Homes 2010-04-10T02:26:00Z Well, it was a trip to the pokey. Q&A with Leslie Jordan: Why he made a country album, how Capote saved his life and spending time in the ‘pokey’ with Robert Downey Jr. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z But when someone says, the pokey, and you mentioned Robert Downey Jr. Explain please, to the public. Q&A with Leslie Jordan: Why he made a country album, how Capote saved his life and spending time in the ‘pokey’ with Robert Downey Jr. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Complete with tongues darting in and out, just like the hokey pokey told us it was all about! 18 hilariously terrible sex tips that all men should ignore 2014-02-21T13:05:00Z Some plays make you wait before paying off, and that’s the case with Philip Dawkins’s pokey “The Happiest Place on Earth.” Review | ‘Happiest Place’ sadly ponders Disneyland 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z He gets sent to pokey to the beautiful, gospel-ish strains of Welcome to Hell, while the chorus of the self-explanatory Darkest Place is set to gorgeous flurries of strings. Plan B: The Defamation of Strickland Banks 2010-04-08T14:27:00Z Federal officials said it was heading northwest at a pokey 2 mph. Gulf Coast braces for flooding from Tropical Storm Lee 2011-09-03T02:20:00Z As part of the commemoration, Jimi's pokey but pricey flat is being briefly opened. In praise of ? Twentysomething Brook Street 2010-08-24T23:05:00Z We grant that the pokey first hour is sit-throughable because of the high caliber of the actors, especially Bale. Out of the Furnace…and Into the Indie-Film Clichés 2013-12-07T00:29:27Z Clever scenes, like Hank’s psychoanalyzing prospective jurors by asking what messages are on their bumper stickers, alternate with pokey detours. Review: The Judge: To Mock a Killing Bird 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z “My father grew up in the Newburgh poorhouse, ‘the pokey.’ James Patterson, honored for his literacy work, says we must do more 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Q&A with Leslie Jordan: Why he made a country album, how Capote saved his life and spending time in the ‘pokey’ with Robert Downey Jr. Aidy Bryant doesn’t think ‘fat’ is a bad word. Her show ‘Shrill’ proves it. 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Marinated skirt steak arrives pre-sliced and tepid, which might be more the fault of my pokey waiter one day than of whoever grilled the beef. Stanton & Greene preview: The scene is lively, the menu a snooze 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Once these channels were jammed with pokey tubs like ours, and the sweet clinking of martini glasses at sunset. Journeys: Houseboating on Northern California?s Delta 2010-07-24T05:01:00Z Family and adult-only fun include roller disco night and open skate hours with the hokey pokey, limbo and partner skate events. A mini, flower-filled getaway to Lynden | Provided by Western Washington Toyota Dealers 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z That harks back to the stagecoach or pokey train eras when a governor could be incommunicado for days or weeks. Column: Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis jumps into the governor's race early, which has some advantages 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z According to the lawyers working on behalf of Dominion, Fox's lawyers have been pokey when it comes to turning over evidence in a timely fashion for the ongoing defamation case. Judge overseeing Dominion case scolds Fox News' lawyers for not being “straightforward” 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z While Proud Boys yelled and shoved outside the entrance, the children inside Loyalty Bookstores laughed, did the hokey pokey and danced as drag queen Charlemagne Chateau, dressed as a princess, read stories, they said. Montgomery police to patrol drag story hours after Proud Boys protest 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z He’s one of the pokey project’s most adamant opponents. Newsom is the luckiest California governor ever. But is his good fortune running out? 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z He said nobody "has the guts to take on Southern Water", and accused the firm's bosses of having an approach that "shareholders are more important than your pokey little seaside town". Sewage: Protests in St Leonards over Southern Water 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z "And so then what? They're going to send us to the pokey?" she questioned. GOP effort to throw out 2022 primary votes is a preview of Trumpworld plot to steal 2024 election 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Mainly we made it easier to vote, and that made it harder — and more pokey — to count. In California, election day has become election month 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z “And so then what? They’re going to send us to the pokey?” she said. GOP commission refuses to certify New Mexico primary vote 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z After Pickford died, in 1979, it sat unsold, too small and pokey for modern celebrities. L.A. loves to gawk at and fight about extravagant real estate 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z In particular, Mark Meadows' game of "hokey pokey" has vexed the panel, which has subsequently been forced to push back its planned public testimony to April or May. Jan. 6 committee says Mark Meadows' "hokey pokey" has slowed down plan for primetime hearings 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z County town of Bell, whose residents got the karmic satisfaction of seeing seven of their public officials hauled off to the pokey for rewarding themselves stupendously from the civic piggy bank. In L.A., at least our corrupt officials don’t have much power 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Diminutive cars that are dependent on driver skill to achieve acceptable acceleration, the pokey Beetles are much loved. Collectors Who Caught the Bug 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Even the pokey performance on the first-gen Nest Hub appears to be very similar, for better or worse. Google’s Fuchsia OS is rolling out to every first-gen Nest Hub 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z Tap or click for the best ways to fix a pokey Wi-Fi connection. 5-minute tech fix: Finally speed up your PC 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z It exists in two different versions — virtually the same music and both with a country-western sensibility that seems a little pokey for the Jet Age. Do you love L.A.? Learn these other songs too 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z But in reality, their average pace traveling through Yellowstone was a pokey and physiologically inefficient 1.4 miles per hour. What Bears Can Teach Us About Our Exercise Habits 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z “Female is just a feeling I get when I drive her,” said Ms. Orive, who doesn’t mind the pokey acceleration. Collectors Who Caught the Bug 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., clearly grasps that the thing that would get Trump out his hair permanently — without breaking up the Trump coalition — is a lengthy stint in the pokey. Senate Republicans, too weak to convict Trump, should pray New York prosecutors lock him up 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z He’s trying, but it’s still pokey and flawed. Recall threat sharpens Newsom's focus on California's troubled COVID-19 response 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z Besides, the Legislature was crippled by the pandemic and is normally pokey when it’s healthy. Courts will decide if Newsom exceeded his executive power. Californians are judging his hypocrisy 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Your programs open sluggishly, web browsing seems pokey, apps are lagging and your computer startup time is worse than you remember. 5 reasons to upgrade to a smart thermostat this summer 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z Individuals who have participated in large gatherings have also ended up on the pokey end of social media barbs. A pub opened for St. Patrick's Day. Its owner wasn't ready for the 'quarantine shaming' 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z After so many months of proceedings, posturing and the usual political hokey pokey on the Hill, one is almost tempted to query: Is that all you got? Opinion | Thanks to Trump, we are living in a world of sleaze 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z “Not only is this silicone, 500 hours of beading and making, but every little piece is itchy on the inside. It’s pokey, so it pokes me,” Kardashian said. 5 of 2019's most talked-about outfits: From Kim Kardashian's Met Gala gown to Brooks Nader's sheer dress 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Next to his office was the terminal room, a pokey little space where three remote-access terminals with three different keyboards sat side by side. And 'Lo!' - How the internet was born 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z “Not only is this silicone, 500 hours of beading and making, but every little piece is itchy on the inside. It’s pokey, so it pokes me,” Kardashian lamented. Kim Kardashian laments painful Met Gala dress: 'If I got to pee, it’s a problem' 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z Fast walkers overcome the slow like Harleys around pokey Airstreams on worn and narrow lake pathways. Excerpts from recent South Dakota editorials 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z When weighed down by children or packages, the bike can get a little pokey, especially when climbing uphill. RadWagon electric cargo bike review: the SUV of e-bikes 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z Even after numerous firmware updates after the camera’s launch, the X1D is best described as “pokey”, with long start up times, sluggish response to inputs, and slow shot to shot times. Hasselblad’s new X1D II is a less expensive, faster medium format camera 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z If the dead-end job, the pokey flat and the endless failings of the neighbours are getting on your wick, then spare a thought for the dog. Dogs mirror stress levels of owners, researchers find 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z My Saturdays are diminished if I haven’t joined the Pacemakers for a group run, usually eight to 10 miles at a pokey pace. Perspective | Running and aging usually don’t mix. But at 62, quitting isn’t an option for me. 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z "What a stunning place to become French. It's better than a pokey town hall," Norris Trent said. France shows Britons splendor of citizenship as Brexit looms 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z “What a stunning place to become French. It’s better than a pokey town hall,” Norris Trent said. France shows Britons splendor of citizenship as Brexit looms 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z It is common to hear concerns about pokey new-builds and sky-high rents forcing people into ever smaller homes. Would a bigger house make you happier? 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z If the purpose of motor-bias research is not yet clear, I assure you laterality researchers are not trying to organize a well-attended round of hokey pokey. New Research Questions "Pawedness" in Dogs 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z If he is remembered for anything other than being first in the pokey, it will likely be for his nonchalance in the courtroom. Opinion | It’s Mueller time, and the lying Dutchman is the first to fall 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z The crowd roared when he danced the hokey pokey on the field during an early Marlins game. Wayne Huizenga, who built his fortune from trash, dies at 80 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z In the process, he reconfigured the pokey rhythms with turntable scratches, stuttering snare drums and drunken repetition. California Sounds: Thundercat gets chopped and screwed, Quitapenas honors migrant workers and Charlie Overbey celebrates Eddie Spaghetti 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z After the studio audience had left the building, the two hosts relaxed in a no-frills green room — part of a pokey work space located next to the studio used for local news broadcasts by WABC-TV. Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest Specialize in Small Talk and Big Ratings 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Is an hour in the pokey and a $100 fine for disturbing the peace - or maybe no jail and no fine, which is more likely - sufficient to deter such behavior? Georgia editorial roundup 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The latest actually sounds like fun: “Hokey pokey convention. Come in and turn yourself around.” California Today: A Finance Man in the Race for Governor 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Yes, there was an Internet, but it was slow and pokey and not much good for even the most imaginative of bad guys. It Might Be Impossible to Get Away With Crime Some Day 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z In her neighborhood, the pokey N train is the sole subway option. A Dress Designer Picks Borough Park 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Working in a pokey room in the basement of his hospital with basic tools obtained from a local DIY warehouse, Andersen constructed his first experimental prototypes. Robot hearts: medicine’s new frontier 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z His fix for that, moving the DNA one way and the proteins that it produces another, amounts to a kind of subcellular hokey pokey. Silicon Valley’s Quest to Live Forever 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Topping out in 2nd gear could land you right in the pokey—bonus points if you are stopped with your neighbor’s kid in the car. 2017 Audi R8 V10 Review: Dreaming of a Loud Christmas 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z That may seem pokey, but it would be a huge improvement over current technology. Inside the Quest for a Real ‘Star Trek’ Warp Drive 2016-10-29T04:00:00Z Because of my bungled beginning in Chicago and pokey progress on the first day, I arrived in Pontiac well after business hours. The perfect Route 66 road trip for the Main Street of America’s 90th birthday 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z I watched a line of women do the hokey pokey, dancing up to the very edge of the base property line, wiggling their feet over it while singing, “Put your left foot in!” Martin Sheen: 4 Pieces of Advice for the Next Generation 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z His skin is brown and rough, with pokey black hairs. Controversial Railway Splits Kenya’s Parks, Threatens Wildlife Flying an unregistered drone after that date could get you a civil fine up $27,500, or a criminal fine up to $250,000 and three years in pokey. First Click: The GrammyCam, a return to Broad City, and more in the week ahead 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z That's a big step up from the rather pokey 130 horsepower unit that was in the original. The DeLorean Motor Company may soon start building ‘new’ cars 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z Europe’s economy is still pokey, China looks to soften further, and South America is likely to get worse before it gets better. GM Results: No Need to Check Engine Light 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z The lifts are pokey, by design, and rise to summits that are relatively puny. Robert Redford: From Sundance Kid to Hollywood Legend 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z The movie exists in a space beyond arguments about immigration policy and border security, and while sometimes a little too willfully pokey, it speaks to something indelibly human about dreams and their costs. In 'La Jaula de Oro,' teens chase golden dream of America 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Watts, who wrote the movie with Christopher Ford, shows a facility with the pokey verisimilitude of boys at play, even if his attitude toward their bad decision-making verges on unsympathetic. Dark 'Cop Car' could use a real hero 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z This design represents all of NZ because we have lots of sheep and love hokey pokey ice cream. New Zealand's new flag: 15 quirky contenders 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Even at the pokey pace of Mexico in the 1960s, this seems achievable in ten years, not even twenty. Greece Needs the Magic Formula To Become The Wealthiest Country In The Eurozone 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z If you don’t do this fast enough, you are ejected from the tutorial and admonished for being pokey. Behind League of Legends, E-Sports’s Main Attraction 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z In bygone days, many drivers disdained diesel cars as being pokey and for emitting smelly fumes. Exxon Mobil to Invest in Diesel in Belgium 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z This newly retooled version of the Yoga is an answer to critics who thought its predecessor had a murky screen and a pokey processor. The Better Life: Lenovo’s Yoga Tablet 10 HD+ Tries to Relax Your Tablet Stress “They suit the transience of modern urban life very well. What is great about them is that they showed optimism about the future, but modern housing is all pokey rooms with little windows.” War, prefabs and an unlikely friendship – between opposing soldiers 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Instead of pokey World War II-era planes, the communists deployed MIG fighters that were a match for the best American planes. The Real Worst Leakers Ever 2013-08-07T23:00:00Z This latest tumor was as tiny and as pokey as before, unlikely to have spread. Our Feel-Good War on Breast Cancer 2013-04-27T01:21:08Z But there didn't seem to be much reason to believe that Heinz, that pokey, sleepy stock, would suddenly turn into a star. Heinz Buffet deal: will anyone spill the beans on insider trading? 2013-02-15T20:45:00Z Wandering peacocks, pokey valets — guests deserve a heads-up about such irritations before booking. The Haggler: Consumer Annoyances, and Ways to Stop Them 2012-12-15T21:30:01Z In the intervening few hours, though, things can get pokey and silly. The Hobbit: A Lot of Trudging 2012-12-05T14:35:00Z Early birds gathered in front of lnglewood High School before sunrise to watch Endeavour roll by at a pokey 2 mph. Shuttle Inches Toward Retirement Home in Los Angeles 2012-10-14T00:46:45Z The pokey British cars, so different from the spacious Cadillacs he used to see cruising around in Shanghai, seemed to him - then and later - to epitomise the cramped and shabby country he had entered. The alchemy of memory 2012-08-31T16:03:46Z It's all very Mayberry RFD, just another pokey week in a pokey stock. Heinz Buffet deal: will anyone spill the beans on insider trading? 2013-02-15T20:45:00Z But then came lawn tennis old fashion to menace, And croquet and curls were dubbed "pokey," dubbed "pokey." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 October 7, 1893 2012-04-03T02:00:30.460Z "There is no good in being stiff and pokey," said Fenton. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z She must be a stiff, pokey sort of a person, and I am sure it will be pleasanter without her. And So They Were Married 2012-01-05T03:00:34.437Z Next moment I was aboard and stuffed away in the little pokey rat-hole of a cabin amidships. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Heinz's stock price has been pretty pokey; it may well have been the most drama-free major stock in America before all of this excitement. Heinz Buffet deal: will anyone spill the beans on insider trading? 2013-02-15T20:45:00Z The undeniably catchphrase has stuck, along with “collar,” for an arrest, “pokey” and “heist.” City Room: N.Y. Police Officers' 1946 Jargon Explained 2011-11-08T18:10:45Z But she calls me a drunkard and gambler whenever there is the least excuse for it; and if I don't do anything wrong she says I am pokey and a'n't got any spirit. A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z That percentage rise is a bit pokey compared with the 12 percent in a single year for the nation as a whole. City Room: Kings of the Hill, Top of the Forbes Heap 2011-09-22T13:08:47Z It is very pleasant here at Elmwood, but the house is not as grand as I supposed, and there are not as many servants, and the family carriage is awful pokey. Daisy Thornton 2011-09-19T02:00:12.793Z Of course it's possible she may have her reasons for that, but I never put in such a pokey time before in all my life! Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life 2011-07-07T02:00:27.303Z And if we had been so curious we might have tried to find out things in pokey ways. The Palace in the Garden 2011-06-17T02:00:20.540Z They’ve got long, pokey frocks made of tough brown stuff, like—er—like—er—pictures of Dutch children. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z Just think, dear," she wailed to her friend, Hilda Marsh, "he has five thousand a year and that large empty house, yet he lets me live in this pokey cottage. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z We'd swap in a minute our pokey metabolism, our allergies, our bellies that hurt when we eat dairy products. Take time to revere flawed human body 2011-01-10T16:25:04Z The peaked shoes, chained to the knee, were not more ridiculous than the deep, wide sleeves commonly called pokeys, which were shaped like a bagpipe and were worn by all classes. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z On the sidelines of the meeting, in a pokey storage room on the third floor of trade union Unison's office, 19-year-old Sheridan Green bounces her 8-month old daughter on her knee. Special report: In Britain's cities, the pain begins 2010-10-06T12:40:00Z Their thesis is not new, but the evidence of pokey overpriced housing and endless unpaid internships piles up convincingly. Generational warriors have a point. But go easy on the old 2010-08-22T18:00:00Z Once they'd chosen, Simonson did the same test again, only this time he threw in an extra option: a third flat that was pokey – yet only 10 minutes' walk from university. The economic secret of Nick Clegg's success 2010-04-20T06:00:00Z It was way past midnight, I was half asleep and whoever was transfusing me was distracted — maybe by the cockroaches doing the hokey pokey in the bathroom. In Blood, Life's Ebb and Flow 2010-04-19T20:52:00Z Curling may be the slowest sport at the Winter Olympics, but it's not as pokey as you'd think. Setting a Speed Trap in Vancouver 2010-02-26T02:19:00Z It's cheaper, and the regular Mini is just too pokey with an automatic. 2007-05-29T14:54:00Z Better open that window, these pokey rooms so soon get full. Thereby Hangs a Tale Volume One One more mess like I barely managed to clean up this week and someone's going to the pokey. Forsyte's Retreat Und she asks her auntie for a penny for buy hokey pokey. Little Aliens In the course of the conversation, Telepi inadvertently let out that my wife had sold her emeralds, had gone into pokey lodgings, and was living very sparingly. Eyes Like the Sea But then another earthquake shakes Earth from the rice fields of China to the llamas in Peru just when it looks as if we were about to be tossed into an outer space pokey. Operation Earthworm “That horrid, dismal, pokey old cottage!” she returned, with a shrill rendering of each adjective. Not Like Other Girls We must live in one of these pokey, dingy houses for ever and ever. Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young I promised to hem those handkerchiefs for Ned, and so I must; but I do think handkerchiefs are the most pokey things in the world to sew. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc. I'm so glad the old pokey bonnets are gone but o' fashion—the round ones are much more becoming to young people. Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Any man I go with has got to go far: I don’t intend to be left at some pokey little way station with everything gone and nothing accomplished.” Mountain Blood A Novel The room was worse than pokey, it was shabby; and the view from the window, of chimney pots and slate roofs, wholly uninspiring. Anna the Adventuress How they succeed in living, sleeping, baby-tending and doing their minor cookery in the one pokey little room, already half filled by the bedstead, is difficult to understand. A Poor Man's House "Well, surely there never was such a pokey family," exclaimed Ernestine, lounging into the room where the girls were gathered, one bleak dreary morning, early in November. Six Girls A Home Story "How I loathe this pokey, dead old village!" he complained. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play I’ll grow old and die in pokey, little schools, and wear prim calico dresses, with a remade old white mull for commencements. Mountain Blood A Novel “I don’t care, I like horses and I just hate dolls they’re so pokey,” retorted Jane recklessly, rather floored by so much wisdom. Chicken Little Jane Of course all the teachers were there, but the pokey ones went home early and the jolly ones, like Miss Flint and Miss Atkins, stayed until the last dance. Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman I believe Stevens and I were getting dreadful pokey all alone here by ourselves. Ted and the Telephone Cornelia guessed she’d heaps more to think about than would occupy a pokey little journey of from two or three hours. Flaming June “I’d hate to be sent to fight savages in pokey out-of-the-way places where nobody was watching and saying, ‘England expects!’ Betty Trevor Oh, it wasn't pokey a bit," said Kate warmly; "I had lots of friends there, and that is what we are not allowed to have here. Kate's Ordeal These pokey people are very obliging; they insisted I should lodge with them until my affairs were settled. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett The word "pokey" cannot be found in the dictionary. The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays She hated this pokey place, and everyone in it. Flaming June Which is all right unless she becomes one of those pokey, earnest, knowledge-absorbing young things with the very germ of vitality dried up and withered in her before she awakens. The Younger Set Desperately I pointed to the fading charms of East River Park—the convent round the corner, the hokey pokey cart by the curbstone. Shandygaff What a mean, pokey, ugly little dirty hovel it was! Waysiders That Your Majesty was "pokey" and that she didn't intend to stay there any longer. The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays He's ugly and huffy, and smoky, and stuffy, And pokey, and chokey, and black as my hat. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 15, 1890 But then they live in a dreadfully slow, pokey way down there in Springdale. Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel Another objectionable circumstance is, that the pokey unknowns support each other in being unimpressible. Our Mutual Friend Tell Aunt Rachel they are wearing another kind of bonnet in London—more pokey in front—and say if I see the Queen I'll be sure to tell her all about it. The Christian A Story "Perhaps we shall have to live in a little pokey house somewhere, and to go out as governesses." Esther : a book for girls I'm not going to marry on four hundred a year and spend the rest of my life in a pokey little flat on the edge of London. Uneasy Money They kept oh-ing and ah-ing and exclaiming to each other about some stupid thing every step of the way,—old pokey nutgalls, bare twigs of trees, and red and yellow leaves, and ferns! Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel It was the Cabaret of the Philosophers—a small pokey place, down in a cellar, in the heart of the Quarter, and it had only one table. The Little Lady of the Big House It isn’t the proper thing for you to be standing always at that pokey little desk at the end of the counter with a pen behind your ear. Catharine Furze Only it is very pokey and slow down there, and they are always after flannel petticoats and soup kitchens, and all the old fads that are exploded. The Two Sides of the Shield I hate little pokey ships and sailors smelling of tar. Many Cargoes It's horridly pokey to live in those little country towns. Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel Oh, no, he's her cousin, and he's full of fun, and fine to play with," said Polly, "and he thinks Evangeline is pokey, and he laughs at her poetry. Princess Polly's Playmates I held the cork down for a second with my thumb, while I uttered once more, in my most awesome tone, the mystic words: "Hokey—pokey—winky—wum!" then I let it fly suddenly. Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Papa," murmured the poor thing, "I'm gettin' awful pokey, and my clothes don't seem to set well in the back. The Fiend's Delight In less than five minutes, a twenty-year-old boy with little formal education, a pokey $700 computer and painfully slow modem had conquered the Melbourne computer system of one of the world's largest telecommunications companies. Underground An old gentleman came towards me and asked what he could do for me, and he looked surprised, as though he wasn't used to see such smart girls in his pokey old shop. In Homespun Maudie Ducker had been taken into the secret, and began to feel sorry for the other little girls whose papas were contented to let them live always in such a pokey little place as Millford. Sowing Seeds in Danny At last we found a pokey little house where the woman agreed to let us stay the night and get some breakfast next day. At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war. You know in this pokey little place no one will ever hear of him. The Doctor : a Tale of the Rockies Last night it seemed lonesome and pokey and horrid, but now it is almost inviting. Thankful's Inheritance Most people are proud of their children when they see others admire them; but she does say such pokey things! Stepping Heavenward Yes, a few mostly in pokey places, yet they are useful. London's Underworld It trod silently through the pokey rooms, always alert to thrust its grinning face before them. Paul Kelver, a Novel The people that had them, and had lived a pokey life in them for many a year, wanted the money to go to the diggings with, and quite right too. 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