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) पर्याय: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, pokey,
small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college"; "passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" पर्याय: jerkwater, one-horse, pokey,