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piker (pīk′ər)

noun

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Etymology: orig., prob. one from Pike County, Missouri, then applied to Missourians generally: reason for later uses obscure

Slang a person who does things in a petty or niggardly way; esp. one who gambles or speculates in an overly cautious way

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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