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tyke(dictionary)

tyke (iou)



tyke noun. Also tike. LME.
[Old Norse tik bitch (Norwegian tik bitch, vixen); cf. Middle Low German tike bitch.]
A dog; esp. a mongrel. LME.
An unpleasant, ill-mannered, or coarse man. LME.
R. Rendell Wexford tried to imagine..this shifty tyke and Knighton meeting.
In full Yorkshire tyke. A Yorkshireman. slang. L17.
Darts Player A quietly spoken Tyke from East of the Pennines.
A child, esp. a small boy. L19.
A. Hollinghurst The ferocious, broken-nosed little tyke who captained the..gang.
[Alt. of TAIG.] A Roman Catholic. Austral. & NZ slang (derog. & offensive). E20.
tykish adjective characteristic of a tyke L19.
tykishness noun M19.