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)

[ Syn: jail , jailhouse , gaol , clink , slammer , poky ]

wasting time

[ Syn: dilatory , laggard , poky ]

small and remote and insignificant; a jerkwater college; passed a series of poky little one-horse towns

[ Syn: jerkwater , one-horse , poky ]