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Tyke
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- 1 A dialect, also known as Yorkshire, spoken in the county of Yorkshire.
- 1 A mongrel dog. dialectal
"It was the day of warlocks and apparitions, now happily driven out by the zeal of the General Assembly. Witches pursued their wanchancy calling, bairns were spirited away, young lassies selled their souls to the Evil One, and the Accuser of the Brethren, in the shape of a black tyke, was seen about cottage doors in the gloaming."
- 2 a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman; a Yorkshire person UK, informal
- 3 a young person of either sex wordnet
- 4 A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one. colloquial
- 5 someone connected with Barnsley Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc. slang
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- 6 a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement wordnet
- 7 A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.; Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children. Canada, colloquial
- 8 a native of Yorkshire wordnet
- 9 An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person. British, dated
"Why, the inquiry thing, the yellow-dog thing—you wouldn’t think a mangy, native tyke would be allowed to trip up people in the verandah of a magistrate’s court, would you?"
- 10 A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman. UK, informal
- 11 A Roman Catholic. Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, informal
Etymology
From Middle English tike, tyke, from Old Norse tík (“female dog”), from Proto-Germanic *tīkō. Compare Icelandic tík, Faroese tík, and Swedish tik, all meaning “bitch, female dog”. Sense 5 (“Roman Catholic”) is an alteration of taig, and was first used in writing in the early 20ᵗʰ century.
Perhaps a derogatory nickname from Old Norse tík, 'bitch, female dog' (compare English tyke, Icelandic tík). Less likely to be from Old Norse þýzkr, 'of one's nation' or an Old English cognate (compare German deutsch, Swedish tysk).
Perhaps a derogatory nickname from Old Norse tík, 'bitch, female dog' (compare English tyke, Icelandic tík). Less likely to be from Old Norse þýzkr, 'of one's nation' or an Old English cognate (compare German deutsch, Swedish tysk).
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