🔤 Pikeys ✨

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pikey, awara gard, gypsies, nomadic loog, ghoomne wale

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pikeys

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DEFINITION

derogatory British slang term for travelers, gypsies, or lower class wanderers

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Derogatory remarks calling travelers pikeys are widely condemned as offensive and discriminatory in society. The slang term pikeys historically referred to itinerants traveling along public turnpikes without permanent homes. Sociologists study how offensive labels like pikeys perpetuate social prejudice against nomadic communities today. Local community leaders urged respectful dialogue rather than using harmful terms such as pikeys during meetings. Media regulations strictly prohibit broadcasting derogatory slurs like pikeys across television and radio networks.

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itinerants travelers nomads wanderers vagrants gypsies

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settled residents permanent dwellers