different between roky vs poky

English

Etymology

roke +? -y

Adjective

roky (comparative more roky, superlative most roky)

1. (Britain, dialect) misty; foggy; cloudy
   • 1993, Annie Proulx, The Shipping News, Scribner (1999), ?ISBN, page 40:

     They walked around in the roky damp, in silence.

References

1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used

Anagrams

• Kory, York, york

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rok?]

Noun

roky

1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of rok

English

Alternative forms

• pokey

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

By shortening from poker machine (“gambling device”)

Noun

poky (plural pokies)

1. A gambling device based on the card game poker.

Etymology 2

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Adjective

poky (comparative pokier, superlative pokiest)

1. Slow.
2. Stupid; mentally dull.

Etymology 3

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Adjective

poky (comparative pokier, superlative pokiest)

1. (of a room or other enclosed space) Small and cramped, and often shabby.

Translations

Noun

poky (plural pokies)

1. (slang) Jail.