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Definition of Pikers
1. piker [n] - See also: piker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pikers
Literary usage of Pikers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Old Cottages & Farm-houses in Surreyby W. Curtis Green by W. Curtis Green (1908)
"... not be pikers of things for present 鱗蟻雛欝蜜'驚事螢摯澄;鸞轟竃欝・董三章露
糞門薦蚕-藪 0 上"
2. Records of Old Times: Historical, Social, Political, Sporting and Agricultural by John Kersley Fowler (1898)
"... many opportunities of studying this particular phase of the genus homo—I mean
turnpike gatekeepers, or ' pikers,' as also of the lessees of the tolls, ..."
3. Martha of California: A Story of the California Trail by James Otis (1913)
"ANOTHER COMPANY OF pikers Although we started off late that morning, owing to
the drying out, we halted early in the afternoon, ..."
4. Practical Helps for the Electric Railway Shop, Track, Power, Line and (1919)
"Chestnut poles require, roundly, as many pairs of pikers as one-third of the pole
length m feet, together with one jinny man and one butt man for poles up ..."
5. An Old Coachman's Chatter with Some Practical Remarks on Driving by Edward Corbett (1890)
"Of course, these " pikers," like other people, thought their first duty was to
themselves, and they usually put their heads together previous to the ..."
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