piker

A cautious gambler.

A person regarded as petty or stingy.

One who makes small bets all over the lay-out. See pike, intransitive verb, 2.

On the stock-exchange, a professional speculator. See the extract.

One who uses a pike or pointed implement; specifically, in the United States, in ice-harvesting, one who thus controls the movement of cakes of ice.

A tramp; a vagrant.

A soldier armed with a pike, a pikeman.

One who bets or gambles only with small amounts of money.

A stingy person; a cheapskate.

An amateur.