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poky

( also pokey)
 
 
/ˈpəʊki/ adjective informal

Translation

TOO SMALL A room or house that is poky is unpleasant because it is too small.
küçücük, daracık, kutu gibi, küçük
1801
SLOW US too slow
kaplumbağa gibi yavaş, çok ağır
1606
(Definition of poky adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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