Pikey
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪki
Origin 1
Origin 2
From obsolete pike, to depart or travel, or possibly from turnpike
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Noun
pikey
(plural pikeys)- (British, pejorative) 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.
Origin 3
Derived from the stereotype that all gypsies or other travellers are thieves.
Verb
- (UK, slang, derogatory) to steal.