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pikey

/ ˈpaɪkɪ /

noun

  1. a gypsy or vagrant
  2. a member of the underclass

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pikey1

perhaps from turnpike

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Example Sentences

When people met him in Vancouver, they would say, "How goes it, Pikey?"

We are busted out, my poor Pikey—we are to fortune and to fame unknown.

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