2. Noun. One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money. ¹
3. Noun. A stingy person; a cheapskate. ¹
4. Noun. An amateur. ¹
5. Noun. (Australia New Zealand slang) One who refuses to go out with friends, or leaves a party early. ¹
6. Noun. (Australia New Zealand slang) One who pikes (quits or backs out of a promise). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piker
1. a stingy person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piker
Literary usage of Piker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Crossing the Plains, Day of '57: A Narrative of Early Emigrant Travel to by William Audley Maxwell (1915)
"ORIGIN OF "piker." BEFORE THE ERA OF CANNED GOODS AND KODAKS. ... The
appellation "piker," much used in the West in early days, synonymous of "Missourian," ..."
2. Making More Money in Storekeeping: By W. R. Hotchkin by William Rowland Hotchkin (1917)
"... for a "piker" The worst and most hopeless "piker" in the storekeeping game is
the man who hasn't enough courage to buy the goods that his trade is going ..."
3. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies: As Pleasingly Exemplified in Many by James McNeill Whistler (1904)
"have caused a wavering on the part of piker, and have left you deprived of his
... piker offers matter with authority—and here I would point out the close ..."
4. Bunch Grass: A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch by Horace Annesley Vachell (1912)
"The ' piker' laughed derisively. " I am—and proud of it! ... The ' piker ' crossed
the room, examined the rifles, opened each, and peered down the barrels. ..."
5. People You Know by George Ade (1903)
"If he happened in toward the head of the Procession, Mr. piker would have to ...
After it was all over and Mr. Percy M. piker was riding homeward with his ..."
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