don't be such a piker—live it up a little while you're on vacation!
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First Known Use: 1859
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearcheapskate, miser, niggard, penny-pincher, scrooge, skinflint, tightwad;
prodigal, profligate, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster, wastrel;
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