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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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He 's just a plain, ordinary, piking crook.

From Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport by McFall, J. V.

"All you got to do is keep your eyes peeled, and you'll see us piking in here right on the dot," laughed Tom.

From Bert Wilson on the Gridiron by Duffield, J. W.

I had been piking along and while I was giving my little firm entire satisfaction, I was not pleasing myself with what I was doing.

From Tales of the Road by Crewdson, Charles N. (Charles Newman)

When the family kicked me out for marrying the finest girl that ever lived, my father cut me off with a piking allowance which I told him to put in the church plate.

From The Third Degree A Narrative of Metropolitan Life by Klein, Charles

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 Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

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