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I assume this is some sort of idiom or verbal tic, but i'm not 100% sure.
Anybody care to help me out?

If you need context, this is the phrase: まだピチピチなんだからかんばらなきや
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What does なきや mean?
~なきゃ is a contraction of ~なければ. なきや could be a typo or unusual spelling of
this.

~なければならない makes a verb imperative, for example

> 行かなければならない  
>  (I) must go

The ならない is often informally omitted.

In the case of your example sentence the verb is [頑張]{がんば}る, becoming 頑張らなきゃ
to give the meaning "I must do my best"
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