pikeyn.adj.¹

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪki/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪki/

Forms: 1800s– pikey, 1800s– piky, 1900s– pikie, 1900s– pyky, 1900s– pyky. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike n.⁷, -y suffix⁶.

Etymology: < pike n.⁷ + -y suffix⁶. Compare piker n.²

Chiefly English regional (south-eastern) slang (derogatory). Now considered offensive.

A. n.

A traveller, a gypsy; a vagrant, a tramp; (hence more generally) a lower-class person, regarded as coarse or disreputable.Earliest in compound pikey-man n.

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 Times 27 Aug. 6/2 A desperate affray occurred at Eastchurch in Sheppey, between the resident labourers and the ‘pikey-men’, as they are termed, or strangers who have come into the island to harvesting.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Piky, a gipsey. Kent.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 116 Piky,..a turnpike traveller; a vagabond; and so generally a low fellow.

1905 F. M. Hueffer Soul of London ii. 44 These people are not mere picturesque survivals; their number increases day by day;..but I cannot claim to have entered London in a pikey's cart.

1921 A. E. Coppard Adam & Eve & pinch Me 123 Mrs. Pellegrini had a family of pikeys who traded in horses, willow-wattles, and rocksalt.

1955 P. Wildeblood Against Law 125 My family's all Pikeys, but we ain't on the road no more!

1973 P. Lee in J. Sandford Rokkering to Gorjios (2000) i. 29 Then there's the Didecoi, which is very rare, a Tinker girl marrying a Romany Chal, and you get the Pikie which are Tinker and Romany mixed blood.

1993 R. Lowe & W. Shaw Travellers 95 ‘Pikey’ is an old word for gypsy.

2000 Guardian 20 Apr. 3/2 Farms in Norfolk have long attracted travelling people... To Martin, they were nothing but ‘light-fingered pykies’.

B. adj.¹

Of or relating to such people; (also in later use) squalid, disreputable, vulgar.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > of ill repute

unhonesta1382

ill-famed1483

scoury?a1513

renownless1552

uncredited1586

bankrupt1601

discredited1605

disopinioned1622

creditless1660

unreputable1688

irreputable1709

low-lifed?1750

louche1819

characterless1825

disreputable1828

pikey1838

shady1862

lowlife1939

sleazoid1976

the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [adjective] > Gipsy or Romany

nomadian1591

Gypsy1595

Bohemian1665

gypsyish1787

nomad1798

nomadical1801

nomadic1818

nomade1819

Romani1837

pikey1838

Romanian1841

Roman1851

Tzigane1853

mobile1866

Rom1906

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a vagabond or tramp

vagrant1461

loiteringa1533

way-walkinga1535

roguing1566

roguish1572

vagabondical1576

vagabond1585

vagabondinga1586

land-loping1587

vagrom1600

leap-land1614

vagabondial1615

vaguea1627

gangrel1650

vagabondious1661

going1737

gang-there-out1815

tramping1828

vagabondizing1830

pikey1838

beachcombing1845

runagate1877

going-about1886

bummy1890

1838Pikey-men [see sense A.].

1876 B. C. Curteis In Marsh v. 147 Some foreigners crossing the Marsh with their pikey carts, on their way towards the hop-picking districts.

1920 R. S. Kendall Luck of Mounted i. 25 He was fool enough to go into one o' these here Romany Pikey dives for to get his fortune told.

1989 Guardian Weekly 18 June 24/5 The reaction of the Glyndebourne audience to the lively apparition of ‘one of them’ (I mean a plebby, pikey, likely lad) on stage is equally collectable.

1993 R. Lowe & W. Shaw Travellers 95 In the old days the pikey people would go and park up in Markhouse Lane in the autumn.

1998 Edinb. Student (Edinb. Univ. Student Newspaper Soc.) 19 Nov. (Review section) 3/5 Crawl down into the underground of dance culture and what do you find? Lots of pikey students organizing their own nights, that's what.

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

pikeyadj.²

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪki/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪki/

Forms: 1800s– pikey, 1900s– piky.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike n.³, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < pike n.³ + -y suffix¹.

Of or relating to pike (pike n.³); containing pike.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Esocidae (pikes) > [adjective] > abounding in pike

pikey1864

1864 Fisherman's Mag. & Rev. 1 296 Many a pikey pool and glitterring [sic] torrent.

1877 G. MacDonald Marquis of Lossie II. xi. 120 A lake of deep fresh water,..the pikey multitude within.

1886 Angler's Jrnl. 13 Nov. 543/1 We..obtained permission to fish, and..examined the water, which certainly looked very ‘pikey’.

1900 J. Bickerdyke in W. Senior Pike & Perch viii. 131 My live-bait, which was swimming about in one of the pikiest corners of the water, remained untouched.

1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 90 He is a long way from other gudgeon, in a deep pikey hole.

1967 J. A. Baker Peregrine iii. 120 Something splashes in the cold, piky depth of the brook.

1990 Sports Illustr. 10 Sept. 154/3 We caught brook trout after brook trout..from the pikey water, until our arms ached.

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

单词	pikey
释义	pikeyn.adj.¹ Brit. /ˈpʌɪki/, U.S. /ˈpaɪki/ Forms: 1800s– pikey, 1800s– piky, 1900s– pikie, 1900s– pyky, 1900s– pyky. Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike n.⁷, -y suffix⁶. Etymology: < pike n.⁷ + -y suffix⁶. Compare piker n.² Chiefly English regional (south-eastern) slang (derogatory). Now considered offensive. A. n. A traveller, a gypsy; a vagrant, a tramp; (hence more generally) a lower-class person, regarded as coarse or disreputable.Earliest in compound pikey-man n. 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 Times 27 Aug. 6/2 A desperate affray occurred at Eastchurch in Sheppey, between the resident labourers and the ‘pikey-men’, as they are termed, or strangers who have come into the island to harvesting. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Piky, a gipsey. Kent. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. 116 Piky,..a turnpike traveller; a vagabond; and so generally a low fellow. 1905 F. M. Hueffer Soul of London ii. 44 These people are not mere picturesque survivals; their number increases day by day;..but I cannot claim to have entered London in a pikey's cart. 1921 A. E. Coppard Adam & Eve & pinch Me 123 Mrs. Pellegrini had a family of pikeys who traded in horses, willow-wattles, and rocksalt. 1955 P. Wildeblood Against Law 125 My family's all Pikeys, but we ain't on the road no more! 1973 P. Lee in J. Sandford Rokkering to Gorjios (2000) i. 29 Then there's the Didecoi, which is very rare, a Tinker girl marrying a Romany Chal, and you get the Pikie which are Tinker and Romany mixed blood. 1993 R. Lowe & W. Shaw Travellers 95 ‘Pikey’ is an old word for gypsy. 2000 Guardian 20 Apr. 3/2 Farms in Norfolk have long attracted travelling people... To Martin, they were nothing but ‘light-fingered pykies’. B. adj.¹ Of or relating to such people; (also in later use) squalid, disreputable, vulgar. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > of ill repute unhonesta1382 ill-famed1483 scoury?a1513 renownless1552 uncredited1586 bankrupt1601 discredited1605 disopinioned1622 creditless1660 unreputable1688 irreputable1709 low-lifed?1750 louche1819 characterless1825 disreputable1828 pikey1838 shady1862 lowlife1939 sleazoid1976 the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [adjective] > Gipsy or Romany nomadian1591 Gypsy1595 Bohemian1665 gypsyish1787 nomad1798 nomadical1801 nomadic1818 nomade1819 Romani1837 pikey1838 Romanian1841 Roman1851 Tzigane1853 mobile1866 Rom1906 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > with no fixed aim or wandering > as a vagabond or tramp vagrant1461 loiteringa1533 way-walkinga1535 roguing1566 roguish1572 vagabondical1576 vagabond1585 vagabondinga1586 land-loping1587 vagrom1600 leap-land1614 vagabondial1615 vaguea1627 gangrel1650 vagabondious1661 going1737 gang-there-out1815 tramping1828 vagabondizing1830 pikey1838 beachcombing1845 runagate1877 going-about1886 bummy1890 1838Pikey-men [see sense A.]. 1876 B. C. Curteis In Marsh v. 147 Some foreigners crossing the Marsh with their pikey carts, on their way towards the hop-picking districts. 1920 R. S. Kendall Luck of Mounted i. 25 He was fool enough to go into one o' these here Romany Pikey dives for to get his fortune told. 1989 Guardian Weekly 18 June 24/5 The reaction of the Glyndebourne audience to the lively apparition of ‘one of them’ (I mean a plebby, pikey, likely lad) on stage is equally collectable. 1993 R. Lowe & W. Shaw Travellers 95 In the old days the pikey people would go and park up in Markhouse Lane in the autumn. 1998 Edinb. Student (Edinb. Univ. Student Newspaper Soc.) 19 Nov. (Review section) 3/5 Crawl down into the underground of dance culture and what do you find? Lots of pikey students organizing their own nights, that's what. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pikeyadj.² Brit. /ˈpʌɪki/, U.S. /ˈpaɪki/ Forms: 1800s– pikey, 1900s– piky. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pike n.³, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < pike n.³ + -y suffix¹. Of or relating to pike (pike n.³); containing pike. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Esocidae (pikes) > [adjective] > abounding in pike pikey1864 1864 Fisherman's Mag. & Rev. 1 296 Many a pikey pool and glitterring [sic] torrent. 1877 G. MacDonald Marquis of Lossie II. xi. 120 A lake of deep fresh water,..the pikey multitude within. 1886 Angler's Jrnl. 13 Nov. 543/1 We..obtained permission to fish, and..examined the water, which certainly looked very ‘pikey’. 1900 J. Bickerdyke in W. Senior Pike & Perch viii. 131 My live-bait, which was swimming about in one of the pikiest corners of the water, remained untouched. 1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 90 He is a long way from other gudgeon, in a deep pikey hole. 1967 J. A. Baker Peregrine iii. 120 Something splashes in the cold, piky depth of the brook. 1990 Sports Illustr. 10 Sept. 154/3 We caught brook trout after brook trout..from the pikey water, until our arms ached. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.¹1838adj.²1864
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