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Pikey (/ ˈ p aɪ k iː /; also spelled pikie, pykie) [1] [2] is an ethnic slur referring to Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people. It is used mainly in the United Kingdom and in Ireland to refer to people who belong to groups which had a traditional travelling lifestyle .
David Murray "Dav" Pilkey Jr. (/ d eɪ v /; born March 4, 1966) [1] is an American comic book writer of children's fiction. He is best known as the author and illustrator of the children's book series Captain Underpants and its spin-off children's graphic novel series Dog Man, the latter published under the respective writer and illustrator pen names of George Beard and Harold Hutchins, which ...
Pikey is a word that Romani Gypies use for non-Romani travellers. "They aren't real Romani (Gypsy) they are Pikies". It is also a word they used to use for a member of a Romani family who has committed an offence and the family coucil (called a 'Kris' in Romani and every true Romani family used to have one) has cast them out as punishment.
pikey Pejorative term used, mainly in England to refer to travellers, gypsies or vagrants. [254] Sometimes also used to describe people of low social class or morals. [citation needed] Someone less than quarter blood Romani who travels, but may have less inclination to keep to the old ways (from Lancs Romanichal oral tradition) pillock
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Captain Underpants is an illustrated children's novel series by American author and illustrator Dav Pilkey.The series revolves around two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, living in Piqua, Ohio, and Captain Underpants, an aptly named superhero from one of the boys' homemade comic books, who accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their cruel, bossy, and ill ...
Pike, California, a census-designated place; Pike, Indiana, an unincorporated community; Pikeville, Kentucky; Pike, New Hampshire, an unincorporated community; Pike ...
The Adventures of Captain Underpants is an American children's novel by Dav Pilkey, and the inaugural novel of the Captain Underpants series. It was published in September 1997, becoming a hit with children around the world.