pikey
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpaɪ.ki/
pikey (plural pikeys)
- (informal) A pike (fish).
- 1881, Robert Lloyd Patterson, The Birds, Fishes & Cetacea of Belfast Lough, page 226:
- In 1876, in twelve fishings in the same months, there were caught 31 Pikeys, 4 Spotted Dogs, and 441 Nowds.
- 1881, Robert Lloyd Patterson, The Birds, Fishes & Cetacea of Belfast Lough, page 226:
pikey
- Associated with or filled with pike (fish).
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.
pikey
- (UK, slang, derogatory) Associated with members of the above-mentioned underclass.
- 2006 September 9, "Huge", in Re: Oh for FU--S sake!, in uk.rec.driving, Usenet:
- Blimey. The least pikey place on the planet.
- 2007 October 18, "PC Paul", Re: Exhaust security bolts help, in uk.rec.cars.maintenance, Usenet:
- > You could try moving somewhere less pikey?
- 2012 March 11, "Lieutenant Scott", Re: Definition of "loading" in a parking space, in uk.rec.driving, Usenet, quoting another user:
- >> > No, you're more pikey than a traffic warden.
- >> >> Nothing is more pikey than a traffic warden, even an immigrant.
- >> >> > Not even a Glaswegian?
- 2006 September 9, "Huge", in Re: Oh for FU--S sake!, in uk.rec.driving, Usenet:
pikey (pikeys, present participle pikeying; past and past participle pikeyed)
- (UK, slang, derogatory) To steal.
- 2004 October 25, "Lister", Re: Monday, Monday, Play, Want, Bin, in uk.games.video.misc, Usenet:
- >It's getting hold of a copy that isn't pikeyed that I'm having >difficulty with :-(
- 2006 September 29, Conor, Re: Car legally removed or stolen?, in uk.rec.cars.misc, Usenet:
- Agree with Adrian about it being Pikeyed. At least you've a cheque to go buy something else.
- 2007 August 9, "Diablos Rojos", Re: Special offer to all Scummers, in alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united, Usenet:
- Rumour has it that you once posting something interesting that was pikeyed straight from scrotexes lame troll book.
- 2004 October 25, "Lister", Re: Monday, Monday, Play, Want, Bin, in uk.games.video.misc, Usenet:
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