piker

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noun

Plural noun:

pikers

1.
(historical)(military, historical) A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.
2.
One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.
3.
A stingy person; a cheapskate.
4.
An amateur.
5.
(Australia)A bullock living in the wild. (Also used attributively.)
6.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang)One who refuses to go out with friends, or leaves a party early; a spoilsport or "chicken".
Mate, don't be a piker! Come to Angie′s birthday party tonight!
7.
(Australia, New Zealand, slang)One who pikes (quits or backs out of a promise).
Đồng nghĩa: break-promise, reneger, break-vow, break-promise, oathbreaker, piker, reneger
8.
(US, dated)A male freshman at Cornell University.
9.
A tramp; a vagrant.
Đồng nghĩa: pike

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Nguồn gốc từ

From pike + -er. In some senses, it has been linked etymologically to the word pikey as well as to Pike County in eastern Missouri. In the latter instance the term originally denoted poor immigrants to California.