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piking

British  
/ ˈpaɪkɪŋ /

noun

  1. the sport of fishing for pike

  2. slang the practice of deriving sexual pleasure from watching strangers have sex in parked cars and other secluded but public places

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"This time last spring," Bill said to her, "I was piking away north of those mountains, bound for the head of the Naas to prospect for gold."

From North of Fifty-Three by Anton Otto Fischer

Yes, and this winter I've got a trip planned out that will make all the others look piking.

From Connie Morgan in the Fur Country by James B. (James Beardsley) Hendryx

It’s been done, though, by little, pettifogging shysters, by piking real-estate crooks—thousands of parcels of property scattered all over the United States have been filched in that manner.

From 'Firebrand' Trevison by P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman) Ivory

But I'll never go piking off through the country alone so long as I know what I am doing.

From Rodney The Partisan by Harry Castlemon

He was so absorbed that he did not see me, nor the two helmets piking above my shoulder.

From The Haunted Pajamas by Francis Perry Elliott

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