Pike it

is said as a hasty and contemptuous, if not angry, dismi al, “if you don’t like it, take a short stick and PIKE it.” This is but a form of the attempts at rhyming smartne common in London. “Joe quickly his sand had sold, sir, And Be got a basket of rags; Then up to St. Giles’s they roll’d, sir; To every bunter Be brags. Then unto the gin-shop they PIKE IT , And Be was admitted, we hear; For none of the crew dare but like it, As Joey, her kiddy, was there,” The Sand-man’s Wedding , a Cantata. “’Twas not our fault, dear Jack; we saw the watch going into the house the moment we came there, and we thought it proper to PIKE OFF .”— The Prison Breaker , a Farce.