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kərnoun Informal.
1.
a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
2.
a stingy, tight-fisted person; tightwad.
3.
a person who gambles, speculates, etc., in a small, cautious way.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
piker
"miserly person," 1872, formerly "poor migrant to California" (1860), earlier pike (1854), perhaps originally "vagrant who wanders the pike (1)" (which is the notion in Sussex dial. piker "vagrant, tramp, gypsy," 1838), but Barnhart and others say the Amer.Eng. word ultimately is a reference to people
EXPANDfrom Pike County, Missouri.
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Slang Dictionary
piker definition[ˈpɑɪkɚ]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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