PIKEY

Etymology 1

Noun

pikey (plural pikeys)

(informal) A pike (fish).

Adjective

pikey (comparative more pikey, superlative most pikey)

Associated with or filled with pike (fish).

Etymology 2

Noun

pikey (plural pikeys)

(British, pejorative, offensive) A working-class (often underclass) person; can vary from specifically Irish Travellers to gypsies or travellers from any ethnic background, but now increasingly used for any socially undesirable person, with negative connotations of benefit fraud, theft, single-parent families and living on run-down estates.

Adjective

pikey (comparative more pikey, superlative most pikey)

(UK, slang, derogatory) Associated with members of the above-mentioned underclass.

Verb

pikey (third-person singular simple present pikeys, present participle pikeying, simple past and past participle pikeyed)

(UK, slang, derogatory) To steal.

Source: Wiktionary



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