Meaning & use
Piker
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A person regarded as stingy, timid, or unwilling to take risks, especially with money.
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Don't be such a piker—buy the round for once.
The old gambler dismissed the small bettors at the table as pikers.
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Originally American slang from the late 1800s, possibly linked to poor migrants from Pike County, Missouri, who were seen as cautious and unwilling to spend.
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