† pikern.¹

Forms: 1500s piker, 1500s piquer.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike n.⁴, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: Apparently < pike n.⁴ + -er suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch pieker (rare), and also Middle French piquier piquier n.

Obsolete.

A soldier armed with a pike; = pikeman n.²

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > using pike

gildena1450

pickman1547

pike1557

pikeman1566

piker1590

piquier1596

morris-pike1599

peakman1668

rapparee1690

pikanier1816

wattle-boy1832

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > petty thief or pilferer > [noun]

mitcher?c1225

nimmera1325

pilferer1350

truffer1485

lurcher1528

picker1549

filcher1557

purloiner1557

prig1567

prigger1567

prigman1567

fingerer1575

piker1590

prag1592

nibbler1598

lurch-man1603

petty larcener1640

budge1673

catch-cloaka1679

prigster1682

sutler1699

marauder1764

snib1823

chicken thief1840

lurker1841

souvenir hunter1862

robberling1865

jackdaw1887

miker1890

frisker1892

bower-bird1926

jagoff1931

magpie1944

slockster-

1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons Ded. 7 b Their old soldiers Piquers with their piques.

1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 2 b Their footmen piquers, they doo allowe for verie well armed.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 35 The piker his armings and weapon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

pikern.²

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪkər/

Forms: 1800s picker (English regional (Sussex)), 1800s– piker.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike n.⁷, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < pike n.⁷ + -er suffix¹. Compare pikey n. and adj.¹

slang.

1. Chiefly English regional (derogatory). (A term of abuse for) a vagrant, tramp, or good-for-nothing; = pikey n. and adj.¹Cf. the etymologically distinct U.S. word Piker n.³, used in a similar sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > Gipsies or Romanies > person

gyptian1533

Egyptian1538

Bohemian1574

Gypsy1574

tinker1575

Zingani1581

Zingaro1600

moonman1608

faw1756

vagabond1756

Zingara1756

gitano1761

gitanac1770

nomade1798

Roman1800

Romani1800

Tzigane1802

Zigeuner1802

Sinti1827

piker1838

pikey1838

Rom1841

Zincalo1841

Romanichal1843

nomadian1847

Romany chai1851

didicoi1853

Bedouin1863

gyppo1868

gyp1886

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp

harlot?c1225

raikera1400

vacabond1404

vagrant1444

gangrela1450

briber?c1475

palliard1484

vagabondc1485

rogue1489

wavenger1493

hermit1495

gaberlunzie1508

knight of the field1508

loiterer1530

straggler1530

runagate1534

ruffler1535

hedge-creeper1548

Abraham man1567

cursitor1567

runner1567

walker1567

tinker1575

traveller1598

Tartar1602

stravagant1606

wagand1614

Circumcellion1623

meechera1625

hedge-bird1631

gaberlunzie man1649

tramp1664

stroller1681

jockey1685

bird of passage1717

randy1724

tramper1760

stalko1804

vagabondager1813

rintherout1814

piker1838

pikey1838

beachcomber1840

roadster1851

vagabondizer1860

roustabout1862

bum1864

migratory1866

potter1867

sundowner1868

vag1868

walkabout1872

transient1877

Murrumbidgee whaler1878

rouster1882

run-the-hedge1882

whaler1883

shaughraun1884

heather-cat1886

hobo1889

tussocker1889

gay cat1893

overlander1898

stake-man1899

stiff1899

bindle-stiff1900

dingbat1902

stew-bum1902

tired Tim (also Timothy)1906

skipper1925

Strandlooper1927

knight of the road1928

hobohemian1936

plain turkey1955

scrub turkey1955

derro1963

jakey1988

crusty1990

1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms 23/2 Cadgers and pikers are tramps. E. Suss.

1874 G. Borrow Wordbk. Eng. Gypsy Lang. 215 The people called in Acts of Parliament sturdy beggars and vagrants, in the old cant language Abraham men, and in the modern Pikers.

2000 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Sept. 5 Every line [in Snatch] is delivered..to allow you to memorise the jargon so..you can start calling the Irish waiter ‘piker’.

2. Australian. A bullock living in the wild. More generally: an old bullock, esp. one too old to be killed for meat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > castrated or bullock

steera700

oxeOE

bullocka1000

stot1251

bovert?a1400

stotterel1532

ox stirk1550

steerling1648

horny1808

piker1887

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > castrated or bullock > old

mossy-horn1885

piker1887

mallee piker1893

moss horn1923

1887 All Year Round 30 July 67 ‘Pikers’ are wild cattle.

1904 ‘G. B. Lancaster’ Sons o' Men 22 The grunt of broken-winded pikers came clear above the sharp crackle of undergrowth where the boys rode.

1936 I. L. Idriess Cattle King vii. 62 The boy bought a teamster's cast-off bullock for two pounds. It was an old piker, worked to the very bone.

1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 20 Oct. 3/4 He used to point to an old piker (a piker is a bullock that has evaded the muster for a few years and is too old to kill for meat).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Pikern.³

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪkər/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pike , -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < the name of Pike County (see Pike n.⁸ and adj.²) + -er suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier Pike n.⁸, and also piker n.⁴

U.S. regional (western) slang (chiefly derogatory).

A poor white migrant from the Southern states of the U.S. (originally Pike County, Missouri); (hence) a member of a poor underclass, a vagrant or petty criminal; = Pike n.⁸In extended use now often difficult to distinguish from piker n.⁴

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt > white

Pike1854

Piker1859

1859 in L. Hafen Colorado Gold Rush (1941) 318 An extra train of [returning] ‘Pikers’ came in [to Hannibal] about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.

1869 R. Keeler Gloverson & his Silent Partners ix. 92 He is what we call a ‘Piker’, you see,..and he stole some of our sheep.

1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxxv. 763 These old Pikers don't want the country fenced up and the game scared off.

1907 W. E. Connelley Doniphan's Exped. 9 Mr. Moore says that in California in the early days Missourians were called ‘Pikers’ indiscriminately and generally.

1946 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 17 Nov. e 2/6 ‘Piker’, in the sense of a worthless, lazy, good-for-nothing person arose first in California in the days of the Forty-Niners.

1989 Orange County (Calif.) Register (Nexis) 7 Nov. f4 Once theirs was a name to reckon with. Today, the Rockefellers are considered ‘pikers’ when it comes to wealth.

1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 180 Like the Okies of the 20th century, the pikers' nickname, justly or not, became a synonym for poor, lazy good-for-nothings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

pikern.⁴adj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪkər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < pike v.¹ (see sense 3 at that entry) + -er suffix¹. Compare Piker n.³

derogatory. colloquial (originally U.S.).

A. n.⁴

1. Originally: a cautious or timid gambler who makes only small bets; one who plays for small stakes. Hence: a person who takes no chances; a cowardly or stingy person; a shirker, a ‘small-timer’.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > player of games of chance > types of

card gospeller1550

carrow1577

eagle1608

piker1859

plunger1868

tinhorn gambler1885

pool shark1886

tinhorn1887

mug punter1922

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who

skulkc1320

loundererc1425

old soldier1722

malingerer1785

skulker1785

shirker1799

shirk1818

slink1824

schemer1843

sconcer1843

scrimshanker1882

scrimshank1886

sooner1892

Weary Willie1896

slacker1898

slackster1901

sugarer1904

work-shy1904

gold brick1905

tired Tim (also Timothy)1906

lead-swinger1917

piker1917

gold-bricker1919

slinker1919

poler1938

skiver1941

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] > cautious person

cautionista1656

shy-cock1768

pussyfoot1907

safety-firster1915

pussyfooter1923

piker1929

1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 116 Piker is a man who plays very small amounts. Plays a quarter, wins, pockets the winnings, and keeps at quarters.

1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 420/1 To pike (Cant), to play cautiously and for small amounts, never advancing the value of the stake... Those who gamble in this fashion are called pikers.

1917 A. G. Empey Over Top xii. 85 But a pitcher who can do this would make ‘Christy’ Mathewson look like a piker.

1929 J. Buchan Courts of Morning i. xii. 138 I don't say there mayn't be some pikers at Headquarters.

1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob (1958) xiii. 203 It [sc. bludger] means that you are criminally lazy..that you are a ‘piker’—a mean, contemptible, miserable individual.

1971 H. W. Tilman In Mischief's Wake iii. x. 112 He is definitely no piker and although only 22 is one of the old school and believes in discipline.

1994 Nation (N.Y.) 13 June 822/1 In the I-feel-your-pain category, O'Leary makes Clinton look like a piker.

2. Finance. A small-scale speculator or investor.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > type of

profit taker1552

bull1714

bear1718

fund-monger1734

lame duck1806

stag1845

taker-in1852

cornerer1869

wrecker1876

corner-man1881

market-rigger1881

boursocrat1882

offeror1882

ribbon clerk1882

inflater1884

manipulator1888

underwriter1889

kangaroo1896

piker1898

share pusher1898

specialist1900

tailer1900

writer1906

placee1953

corporate raider1955

tippee1961

raider1972

bottom fisher1974

white knight1978

greenmailer1984

1898 N.Y. Jrnl. 12 Aug. 1/7 John Pettit started in as a ‘piker’. That's what the downtown brokers call a man who speculates with a few hundreds at a time instead of with thousands.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §563/1 Piker, a speculator on a small scale.

1999 Sunday Times (Nexis) 23 May (Business section) How can USWest agree to be gobbled up by such a piker?

B. adj. (attributive).

Mean, shirking, cowardly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective]

arghc885

heartlessOE

bloodlessc1225

coward1297

faintc1300

nesha1382

comfortless1387

pusillanimousa1425

faint-heartedc1440

unheartyc1440

cowardous1480

hen-hearteda1529

cowardish1530

feigningc1540

white-livered1546

cowardly1551

faceless1567

pusillanime1570

liver-hearted1571

cowish1579

cowardise1582

coward-like1587

faint-heart1590

courageless1593

sheep-like1596

white-hearted1598

milky1602

milk-livered1608

undaring1611

lily-livereda1616

yarrow1616

flightful1626

chicken-hearted1629

poltroon1649

cow-hearted1660

whey-blooded1675

unbravea1681

nimble-heeled1719

dunghill1775

shrimp-hearted1796

chicken-livered1804

white-feathered1816

pluckless1821

chicken-spirited1822

milk-blooded1822

cowardy1836

yellow1856

yellow-livered1857

putty-hearted1872

uncourageous1878

chicken1883

piker1901

yellow-bellied1907

manso1932

scaredy-cat1933

chickenshit1940

cold-footed1944

1901 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 13 Aug. 9/3 The heaviest played horses won the money yesterday and the piker players did not have so much to say as they did Saturday.

1918 Stars & Stripes 12 Apr. 6/1 Baseball seems a piker game when there's a regular scrap going on elsewhere.

1967 D. L. Thomas Plungers & Peacocks iii. 66 Keene learned..that the only way to make money was not to place piker bets on what the next few quotations were going to be.

2003 Times Colonist (Victoria) (Nexis) 29 Aug. c7 This piker attitude extends..to the council's budget itself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.¹1590

n.²1838

n.³1859

n.⁴adj.1859

单词	piker
释义	† pikern.¹ Forms: 1500s piker, 1500s piquer. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike n.⁴, -er suffix¹. Etymology: Apparently < pike n.⁴ + -er suffix¹. Compare Middle Dutch pieker (rare), and also Middle French piquier piquier n. Obsolete. A soldier armed with a pike; = pikeman n.² ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > using pike gildena1450 pickman1547 pike1557 pikeman1566 piker1590 piquier1596 morris-pike1599 peakman1668 rapparee1690 pikanier1816 wattle-boy1832 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > petty thief or pilferer > [noun] mitcher?c1225 nimmera1325 pilferer1350 truffer1485 lurcher1528 picker1549 filcher1557 purloiner1557 prig1567 prigger1567 prigman1567 fingerer1575 piker1590 prag1592 nibbler1598 lurch-man1603 petty larcener1640 budge1673 catch-cloaka1679 prigster1682 sutler1699 marauder1764 snib1823 chicken thief1840 lurker1841 souvenir hunter1862 robberling1865 jackdaw1887 miker1890 frisker1892 bower-bird1926 jagoff1931 magpie1944 slockster- 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons Ded. 7 b Their old soldiers Piquers with their piques. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 2 b Their footmen piquers, they doo allowe for verie well armed. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 35 The piker his armings and weapon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). pikern.² Brit. /ˈpʌɪkə/, U.S. /ˈpaɪkər/ Forms: 1800s picker (English regional (Sussex)), 1800s– piker. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike n.⁷, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < pike n.⁷ + -er suffix¹. Compare pikey n. and adj.¹ slang. 1. Chiefly English regional (derogatory). (A term of abuse for) a vagrant, tramp, or good-for-nothing; = pikey n. and adj.¹Cf. the etymologically distinct U.S. word Piker n.³, used in a similar sense. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [noun] > Gipsies or Romanies > person gyptian1533 Egyptian1538 Bohemian1574 Gypsy1574 tinker1575 Zingani1581 Zingaro1600 moonman1608 faw1756 vagabond1756 Zingara1756 gitano1761 gitanac1770 nomade1798 Roman1800 Romani1800 Tzigane1802 Zigeuner1802 Sinti1827 piker1838 pikey1838 Rom1841 Zincalo1841 Romanichal1843 nomadian1847 Romany chai1851 didicoi1853 Bedouin1863 gyppo1868 gyp1886 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > vagrancy or vagabondage > vagabond or tramp harlot?c1225 raikera1400 vacabond1404 vagrant1444 gangrela1450 briber?c1475 palliard1484 vagabondc1485 rogue1489 wavenger1493 hermit1495 gaberlunzie1508 knight of the field1508 loiterer1530 straggler1530 runagate1534 ruffler1535 hedge-creeper1548 Abraham man1567 cursitor1567 runner1567 walker1567 tinker1575 traveller1598 Tartar1602 stravagant1606 wagand1614 Circumcellion1623 meechera1625 hedge-bird1631 gaberlunzie man1649 tramp1664 stroller1681 jockey1685 bird of passage1717 randy1724 tramper1760 stalko1804 vagabondager1813 rintherout1814 piker1838 pikey1838 beachcomber1840 roadster1851 vagabondizer1860 roustabout1862 bum1864 migratory1866 potter1867 sundowner1868 vag1868 walkabout1872 transient1877 Murrumbidgee whaler1878 rouster1882 run-the-hedge1882 whaler1883 shaughraun1884 heather-cat1886 hobo1889 tussocker1889 gay cat1893 overlander1898 stake-man1899 stiff1899 bindle-stiff1900 dingbat1902 stew-bum1902 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 skipper1925 Strandlooper1927 knight of the road1928 hobohemian1936 plain turkey1955 scrub turkey1955 derro1963 jakey1988 crusty1990 1838 W. Holloway Gen. Dict. Provincialisms 23/2 Cadgers and pikers are tramps. E. Suss. 1874 G. Borrow Wordbk. Eng. Gypsy Lang. 215 The people called in Acts of Parliament sturdy beggars and vagrants, in the old cant language Abraham men, and in the modern Pikers. 2000 Guardian (Nexis) 8 Sept. 5 Every line [in Snatch] is delivered..to allow you to memorise the jargon so..you can start calling the Irish waiter ‘piker’. 2. Australian. A bullock living in the wild. More generally: an old bullock, esp. one too old to be killed for meat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > castrated or bullock steera700 oxeOE bullocka1000 stot1251 bovert?a1400 stotterel1532 ox stirk1550 steerling1648 horny1808 piker1887 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bull > [noun] > castrated or bullock > old mossy-horn1885 piker1887 mallee piker1893 moss horn1923 1887 All Year Round 30 July 67 ‘Pikers’ are wild cattle. 1904 ‘G. B. Lancaster’ Sons o' Men 22 The grunt of broken-winded pikers came clear above the sharp crackle of undergrowth where the boys rode. 1936 I. L. Idriess Cattle King vii. 62 The boy bought a teamster's cast-off bullock for two pounds. It was an old piker, worked to the very bone. 1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 20 Oct. 3/4 He used to point to an old piker (a piker is a bullock that has evaded the muster for a few years and is too old to kill for meat). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Pikern.³ Brit. /ˈpʌɪkə/, U.S. /ˈpaɪkər/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Pike , -er suffix¹. Etymology: < the name of Pike County (see Pike n.⁸ and adj.²) + -er suffix¹. Compare slightly earlier Pike n.⁸, and also piker n.⁴ U.S. regional (western) slang (chiefly derogatory). A poor white migrant from the Southern states of the U.S. (originally Pike County, Missouri); (hence) a member of a poor underclass, a vagrant or petty criminal; = Pike n.⁸In extended use now often difficult to distinguish from piker n.⁴ ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt > white Pike1854 Piker1859 1859 in L. Hafen Colorado Gold Rush (1941) 318 An extra train of [returning] ‘Pikers’ came in [to Hannibal] about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. 1869 R. Keeler Gloverson & his Silent Partners ix. 92 He is what we call a ‘Piker’, you see,..and he stole some of our sheep. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undeveloped West xxxv. 763 These old Pikers don't want the country fenced up and the game scared off. 1907 W. E. Connelley Doniphan's Exped. 9 Mr. Moore says that in California in the early days Missourians were called ‘Pikers’ indiscriminately and generally. 1946 St. Louis (Missouri) Globe-Democrat 17 Nov. e 2/6 ‘Piker’, in the sense of a worthless, lazy, good-for-nothing person arose first in California in the days of the Forty-Niners. 1989 Orange County (Calif.) Register (Nexis) 7 Nov. f4 Once theirs was a name to reckon with. Today, the Rockefellers are considered ‘pikers’ when it comes to wealth. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 180 Like the Okies of the 20th century, the pikers' nickname, justly or not, became a synonym for poor, lazy good-for-nothings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pikern.⁴adj. Brit. /ˈpʌɪkə/, U.S. /ˈpaɪkər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < pike v.¹ (see sense 3 at that entry) + -er suffix¹. Compare Piker n.³ derogatory. colloquial (originally U.S.). A. n.⁴ 1. Originally: a cautious or timid gambler who makes only small bets; one who plays for small stakes. Hence: a person who takes no chances; a cowardly or stingy person; a shirker, a ‘small-timer’. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > player of games of chance > types of card gospeller1550 carrow1577 eagle1608 piker1859 plunger1868 tinhorn gambler1885 pool shark1886 tinhorn1887 mug punter1922 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion > one who skulkc1320 loundererc1425 old soldier1722 malingerer1785 skulker1785 shirker1799 shirk1818 slink1824 schemer1843 sconcer1843 scrimshanker1882 scrimshank1886 sooner1892 Weary Willie1896 slacker1898 slackster1901 sugarer1904 work-shy1904 gold brick1905 tired Tim (also Timothy)1906 lead-swinger1917 piker1917 gold-bricker1919 slinker1919 poler1938 skiver1941 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] > cautious person cautionista1656 shy-cock1768 pussyfoot1907 safety-firster1915 pussyfooter1923 piker1929 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 116 Piker is a man who plays very small amounts. Plays a quarter, wins, pockets the winnings, and keeps at quarters. 1889 J. S. Farmer Americanisms 420/1 To pike (Cant), to play cautiously and for small amounts, never advancing the value of the stake... Those who gamble in this fashion are called pikers. 1917 A. G. Empey Over Top xii. 85 But a pitcher who can do this would make ‘Christy’ Mathewson look like a piker. 1929 J. Buchan Courts of Morning i. xii. 138 I don't say there mayn't be some pikers at Headquarters. 1957 ‘N. Culotta’ They're Weird Mob (1958) xiii. 203 It [sc. bludger] means that you are criminally lazy..that you are a ‘piker’—a mean, contemptible, miserable individual. 1971 H. W. Tilman In Mischief's Wake iii. x. 112 He is definitely no piker and although only 22 is one of the old school and believes in discipline. 1994 Nation (N.Y.) 13 June 822/1 In the I-feel-your-pain category, O'Leary makes Clinton look like a piker. 2. Finance. A small-scale speculator or investor. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > type of profit taker1552 bull1714 bear1718 fund-monger1734 lame duck1806 stag1845 taker-in1852 cornerer1869 wrecker1876 corner-man1881 market-rigger1881 boursocrat1882 offeror1882 ribbon clerk1882 inflater1884 manipulator1888 underwriter1889 kangaroo1896 piker1898 share pusher1898 specialist1900 tailer1900 writer1906 placee1953 corporate raider1955 tippee1961 raider1972 bottom fisher1974 white knight1978 greenmailer1984 1898 N.Y. Jrnl. 12 Aug. 1/7 John Pettit started in as a ‘piker’. That's what the downtown brokers call a man who speculates with a few hundreds at a time instead of with thousands. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §563/1 Piker, a speculator on a small scale. 1999 Sunday Times (Nexis) 23 May (Business section) How can USWest agree to be gobbled up by such a piker? B. adj. (attributive). Mean, shirking, cowardly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] arghc885 heartlessOE bloodlessc1225 coward1297 faintc1300 nesha1382 comfortless1387 pusillanimousa1425 faint-heartedc1440 unheartyc1440 cowardous1480 hen-hearteda1529 cowardish1530 feigningc1540 white-livered1546 cowardly1551 faceless1567 pusillanime1570 liver-hearted1571 cowish1579 cowardise1582 coward-like1587 faint-heart1590 courageless1593 sheep-like1596 white-hearted1598 milky1602 milk-livered1608 undaring1611 lily-livereda1616 yarrow1616 flightful1626 chicken-hearted1629 poltroon1649 cow-hearted1660 whey-blooded1675 unbravea1681 nimble-heeled1719 dunghill1775 shrimp-hearted1796 chicken-livered1804 white-feathered1816 pluckless1821 chicken-spirited1822 milk-blooded1822 cowardy1836 yellow1856 yellow-livered1857 putty-hearted1872 uncourageous1878 chicken1883 piker1901 yellow-bellied1907 manso1932 scaredy-cat1933 chickenshit1940 cold-footed1944 1901 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 13 Aug. 9/3 The heaviest played horses won the money yesterday and the piker players did not have so much to say as they did Saturday. 1918 Stars & Stripes 12 Apr. 6/1 Baseball seems a piker game when there's a regular scrap going on elsewhere. 1967 D. L. Thomas Plungers & Peacocks iii. 66 Keene learned..that the only way to make money was not to place piker bets on what the next few quotations were going to be. 2003 Times Colonist (Victoria) (Nexis) 29 Aug. c7 This piker attitude extends..to the council's budget itself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1590n.²1838n.³1859n.⁴adj.1859
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