pikie

P3I1K5I1E1

noun

A type of fishing lure shaped like a small fish, sometimes jointed.

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Meanings

pikie1

nounpikie (plural pikies)

plural pikies

  1. A type of fishing lure shaped like a small fish, sometimes jointed.

pikie2

nounpikie (plural pikies)

plural pikies

  1. alternativeAlternative form of pikey (“kind of itinerant or working-class person”).

    He reckoned Alan was a 'pikie': someone of Gypsy 'blood'. A swarthy silent man, Alan was a 'dealer' from Brentford who shared an interest in river-craft […]

    2008, Christopher Griffin, Nomads Under the Westway, page 148

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
irish traveller

Origin

From pike + -ie?

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Cite this entry
APA

pikie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pikie

MLA

“pikie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pikie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pikie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pikie.

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