piker

noun9

1. •
   One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.
2. •
   A stingy person; a cheapskate.

   • “And if you′ve got to be a piker,” said Dolly, “don′t be ashamed to be a piker. We′re not spending a hundred dollars because we can afford it, but because you dreamt a dream.” — 1916
3. •
   (Australia, slang) One who refuses to go out with friends, or leaves a party early; a spoilsport or "chicken".

   • Mate, don't be a piker! Come to Angie′s birthday party tonight!
4. •
   (Australia, slang) One who pikes (quits or backs out of a promise).
5. •
   An amateur.
6. •
   (historical) A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.

   • Upstairs in a waiting room there were pikers whose tunics echoed Baudricourt′s gold lion shield painted up and down the rafters. — 1974
7. •
   A tramp; a vagrant.
8. •
   (Australia) A bullock living in the wild. (Also used attributively.)

   • ‘There's always a few old piker bullocks find their way into this country. But mostly cattle don't come this far.’ — 2002
9. •
   (US, old-fashioned) A male freshman at Cornell University.