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piker
[ pahy-ker ]
noun
- a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
- a stingy, tight-fisted person; tightwad.
Synonyms: skinflint, penny pincher, cheapskate
- a person who gambles, speculates, etc., in a small, cautious way.
piker
/ ˈpaɪkə /
noun
- a wild bullock
- a useless person; failure
- a lazy person; shirker
- a mean person
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Origin of piker1
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Example Sentences
Siebold, who really was no piker, was slipping on his gloves and having them laced up.
There never was a piker in the Cottle family, was there, Wes?
The fat man got mad, the piker, and knocked me as flat as a pancake!
The old piker is trying to figure, with silver as low as it is, whether he's ahead or behind on the deal!
He ain't none of your piker kind that runs past a drug store like the soda-fountain was after him.
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