pokey

Adjective

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

• wasting time

Noun

• 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)

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  jerkwater , one-horse , poky , dilatory , laggard , jail , jailhouse , gaol , clink , slammer