Piker

Today one is a "Piker" ordering less than 20 aircraft at a time, and orders for 100 aircraft are not uncommon.

Deregulation and the Airline Industry 1989

The appellation "Piker," much used in the West in early days, synonymous of "Missourian," had its origin on these plains.

Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method

A later application of the same word, descriptive of a person who does business in a small way, has nothing in common with the "Piker" of early days.

Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method

"Piker," later it was applied to all persons of that type in the Far

Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method

Piker Ryan, one of the Whyo gang members, was also a real person.

A Conversation with Elizabeth Gaffney about Metropolis 2010

Consider, for instance the field lines of some magnets moving around each other, as shown in this video by Daniel Piker, who has a great blog of computational gnarl called Space Symmetry Structure.

Boing Boing 2009

The liberals 'overreach has awakened the sleeping giant known as The Silent Majority and they're suddenly amazed the American people aren't just dancing along merrily to the fife the Pied Piker (Obama) is playing.

Obama goes to health-care battlefront with N.H. town hall 2009

In its every move, the ACS promotes the interests of the major manufacturers of mammogram machines and films, including Siemens, DuPont, General Electric, Eastman Kodak and Piker.

Samuel S. Epstein: Breast Cancer Unawareness Month: Rethinking Mammograms Samuel S. Epstein 2010

In its every move, the ACS promotes the interests of the major manufacturers of mammogram machines and films, including Siemens, DuPont, General Electric, Eastman Kodak and Piker.

Samuel S. Epstein: Breast Cancer Unawareness Month: Rethinking Mammograms Samuel S. Epstein 2010

Using multimedia, multi-channels and multi-platforms, Piker says in the foreword of a 73-page gem called "Innovations in Newspapers 2010 World Report," ensures the target group feels it simply can't live without a newspaper.

Magda Abu-Fadil: Innovations in Newspapers Are Key to Their Survival Magda Abu-Fadil 2010