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pikey

The correct spelling is pikey.

How to pronounce pikey

/ˈpaɪ.ki/
noun

IPA: /ˈpaɪ.ki/

Say it like: Pik-ee

The correct spelling is pikey. A pike (fish).

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A pike (fish).
  2. 2.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.

adjective

  1. 1.Associated with or filled with pike (fish).
  2. 2.Associated with members of the above-mentioned underclass.

verb

  1. 1.To steal.

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