piker

The definition of a piker is slang for a very frugal or extremely cautious person.

(noun)

An example of a piker is a person who will only buy the cheapest of everything.

See piker in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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Origin: 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

See piker in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Slang

Origin:

Origin: Possibly from Piker, a poor migrant to California

Origin: , after Pike County in eastern Missouri

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