piker

noun

1. (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.”

   “By 1600, the ratio of pikers to gunmen was roughly 3:2. By mid-century the ratio was only 1:2, and by 1670 there was just one piker to every three gunmen in the French Army.”

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. […]””

   “Bud swelled his chest and laid his hand on Jeff′s shoulder. “Just to show you I′m not a piker,” he cried recklessly, “I′ll bet you twenty-five dollars I can beat your Skeeter with my Smoky horse that I rode in here. Is it a go?””

   ““Now, boys,” said Marie walking up and down the bar, once or twice lifting her skirt to her knees and laughing. “The last bid′s $5,000. Say, ain′t you pikers a-goin′ to bid higher than that for this?" And another flick of her skirts. “Here′s a nice plump chicken awaiting for a home.””

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.””

   “The golden nuggets in the stream at Sutter′s Mill in California made Croesus look like a piker, and Australia, the Klondike, and South Africa were yet to come.”

   “Whatever else this cupcake might be up to, she was no piker. For everything the Q′s ordered, she added on more of the same.”

4. An amateur.
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.’”

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!”

7. (Australia, New-Zealand, slang)One who pikes (quits or backs out of a promise).
8. (US, dated)A male freshman at Cornell University.
9. A tramp; a vagrant.

name

1. A surname from Turkish.

   “While watching the VOD later, xQc insinuated that Fortnite pro Bucke was an "NPC" who was only there to defend Tate and not give Piker a fair shot – and what resulted afterward has caused quite a stir in its own right.”