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Piker
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- 1 A surname from Turkish.
"While watching the VOD later, xQc insinuated that Fortnite pro Bucke was an "NPC" who was only there to defend Tate and not give Piker a fair shot – and what resulted afterward has caused quite a stir in its own right."
- 1 A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman. historical
"Upstairs in a waiting room there were pikers whose tunics echoed Baudricourt′s gold lion shield painted up and down the rafters."
- 2 One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.
"“[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”"
- 3 A stingy person; a cheapskate.
"“And if you′ve got to be a piker,” said Dolly, “don′t be ashamed to be a piker. We′re not spending a hundred dollars because we can afford it, but because you dreamt a dream.”"
- 4 An amateur.
- 5 A bullock living in the wild. (Also used attributively.) Australia
"‘There's always a few old piker bullocks find their way into this country. But mostly cattle don't come this far.’"
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- 6 One who refuses to go out with friends, or leaves a party early; a spoilsport or "chicken". Australia, New-Zealand, slang
"Mate, don't be a piker! Come to Angie′s birthday party tonight!"
- 7 One who pikes (quits or backs out of a promise). Australia, New-Zealand, slang
- 8 A male freshman at Cornell University. US, dated
- 9 A tramp; a vagrant.
Etymology
From pike + -er. In some senses, it has been linked etymologically to the word pikey as well as to Pike County in eastern Missouri https://web.archive.org/web/20051111194645/http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/p/p0300200.html. In the latter instance the term originally denoted poor immigrants to California.
Borrowed from Turkish Piker.
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