| 单词 | piker |
| 释义 | piker /puy"keuhr/, n. Informal. 1. a person who does anything in a contemptibly small or cheap way. 2. a stingy, tight-fisted person; tightwad. 3. a person who gambles, speculates, etc., in a small, cautious way. [1275-1325; ME: petty thief, equiv. to pik(en) to PICK1 + -ER1; cf. dial. (N England, Scots, Hiberno-E) pike to PICK1] Syn. 2. cheapskate, penny pincher, skinflint. |
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