n adj white trash. It’s an old English word meaning “gipsy,” but nowadays pikey is also applied to people in possession of track suits, Citroen Saxos with eighteen-inch wheels and under-car lighting, and pregnant fifteen-year-old girlfriends.
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A poorly-researched dictionary of British Slang words and phrases, written by some guy off the internet.
Do you happen to have the background for this’un? I’ve read a few people who think it probably comes from “turnpike”, as with people who live on the road rather than having fixed homes, but they weren’t sure.
–Nonie