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Meaning of pikey

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

pikey

Pronunciation:/ˈpaɪ.ki/

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.

verb

Definitions

  1. To steal.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Associated with members of the above-mentioned underclass.