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piker

[ pahy-ker ]

noun

Informal.
  1. a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way.
  2. a stingy, tight-fisted person; tightwad.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. a person who gambles, speculates, etc., in a small, cautious way.


piker

/ ˈ貹ɪə /

noun

  1. a wild bullock
  2. a useless person; failure
  3. a lazy person; shirker
  4. a mean person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of piker1

1275–1325; Middle English: petty thief, equivalent to pik ( en ) to pick 1 + -er 1; compare dial. (N England, Scots, Hiberno-English ) pike to pick 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of piker1

C19: perhaps related to pike ³
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As he almost always is, Piker is live on Twitch.

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There is not much left to be said at the dawn of the second Trump administration, so Piker ends his stream in relative silence, watching highlights from the weekend’s Saturday Night Live.

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A few moments later, Piker bids them good night.

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“I’ll be suited up and booted up to cover the Trump inauguration, the first day of the apocalypse,” Piker says.

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Even the Pod Save America podcast, staffed by former Obama flacks who’ve long advocated for a more institutional brand of progressivism, hosted Piker and listened patiently while he ripped the party a new one.

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