pocky
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- pockily adverb
Etymology
Origin of pocky
First recorded in 1300–50, pocky is from the Middle English word pokky. See pock, -y 1
Example Sentences
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“This sumo orange, with its pocky skin and bulbous shnozz.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024
And why do the three stars look so drawn and pocky?
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh that Apollo would but drive his horses slowly, that the day might be three hours longer; for it is too soon to depart, and that for fear of a pocky setting of the Watch.
From The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple by Marsh, A.
“Well, so you do; six silver teaspoons, on’y one was lost years ago, and the sugar bows, sir, she allus wrops ’em up in an owd pocky ankychy.”
From A Life's Eclipse by Nash, J.
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