English Dictionary

piker

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpaɪkə(ɹ)/

名詞

歴史的 オーストラリア英語 ニュージーランド英語 俗語 アメリカ英語 古風

(military, historical) A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman. / One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money. / A stingy person; a cheapskate. / An amateur.

日本語の意味

軍事・歴史的用法として：槍（ピケ）を装備した兵士、いわゆるピケマン / ギャンブルにおいて、わずかな金額しか賭けない人 / 非常にけちな人、ケチな人 / 素人、アマチュア

At dawn, the last piker stood at the breach, his pike splintered but his resolve unbroken.

夜明けに、最後の槍兵が突破口に立ち、彼の槍は砕けていたが決意は揺るがなかった。

意味（1）

(military, historical) A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.

Upstairs in a waiting room there were pikers whose tunics echoed Baudricourt′s gold lion shield painted up and down the rafters.

意味（2）

One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.

“[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. They watch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”

意味（3）

A stingy person; a cheapskate.

“And if you′ve got to be a piker,” said Dolly, “don′t be ashamed to be a piker. We′re not spending a hundred dollars because we can afford it, but because you dreamt a dream.”

意味（4）

An amateur.

意味（5）

(Australia) A bullock living in the wild. (Also used attributively.)

‘There's always a few old piker bullocks find their way into this country. But mostly cattle don't come this far.’

意味（6）

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) One who refuses to go out with friends, or leaves a party early; a spoilsport or "chicken".

Mate, don't be a piker! Come to Angie′s birthday party tonight!

意味（7）

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) One who pikes (quits or backs out of a promise).

意味（8）

(US, dated) A male freshman at Cornell University.

意味（9）

A tramp; a vagrant.

pikers （ plural ）