Meaning of Piker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname from Turkish.
2. A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.
   historical
3. One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.
4. A stingy person; a cheapskate.
5. An amateur.
6. A bullock living in the wild. (Also used attributively.)
   Australia
7. One who refuses to go out with friends, or leaves a party early; a spoilsport or "chicken".
   Australia, New-Zealand, slang
8. One who pikes (quits or backs out of a promise).
   Australia, New-Zealand, slang
9. A male freshman at Cornell University.
   US, dated
10. A tramp; a vagrant.

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Examples

“Upstairs in a waiting room there were pikers whose tunics echoed Baudricourt′s gold lion shield painted up and down the rafters.”

“By 1600, the ratio of pikers to gunmen was roughly 3:2. By mid-century the ratio was only 1:2, and by 1670 there was just one piker to every three gunmen in the French Army.”

““[…] 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. […]””

“Bud swelled his chest and laid his hand on Jeff′s shoulder. “Just to show⟳ you I′m not a piker,” he cried recklessly, “I′ll bet⟳ you twenty-five dollars I can beat⟳ your Skeeter with my Smoky horse that I rode in here. Is it a go?””

““Now, boys,” said Marie walking up and down the bar, once or twice lifting her skirt to her knees and laughing. “The last⟳ bid′s $5,000. Say⟳, ain′t you pikers a-goin′ to bid higher than that for this?" And another flick of her skirts. “Here′s a nice plump chicken awaiting for a home.””

““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⟳.””

“The golden nuggets in the stream at Sutter′s Mill in California made Croesus look⟳ like⟳ a piker, and Australia, the Klondike, and South Africa were yet to come⟳.”

“Whatever else this cupcake might be up to, she was no piker. For everything the Q′s ordered, she added on more of the same.”

“‘There's always a few old piker bullocks find⟳ their way into this country. But mostly cattle don't come⟳ this far.’”

“Mate, don't be a piker! Come⟳ to Angie′s birthday party tonight!”

“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.”

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