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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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22 February 2025
ANALYSIS
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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