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The Grapes of Wrath vocabulary
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piker
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synonyms: skinflint, pelter ???
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Definition:1. someone who reneges on a promise2. a cheapskate
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You come in when we're busy, an' take up our time an' then walk out! Joe, did you know you was talkin' to pikers?
I ain't a piker. I got to get a car. We're goin' to California. I got to get a car.
John Steinbeck. The Grapes of Wrath, p.69 (1939)
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“Say a hundred dollars,” the captain answered.
“Very well. And this ain’t a piker’s proposition. The cost of such a chronometer would have been divided between the three of us. I stand for its total cost. [...]"
Jack London. Michael, Brother of Jerry (1917)
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"[...] Makes the Nazis look like pikers, doesn’t it?”
Stephen King. The Stand (1990)
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