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Tyke   /taɪk/   Listen
Tyke

noun
1.
A native of Yorkshire.
2.
A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement.  Synonyms: barbarian, boor, churl, Goth, peasant, tike.
3.
A young person of either sex.  Synonyms: child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, youngster.  "They're just kids" , "'tiddler' is a British term for youngster"






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"Tyke" Quotes from Famous Books



... front door, direct from the foot of the ladder. His aunt raised herself on one elbow in bed, to assure herself that he did not go into the kitchen. She heard the click of the bolt shot back, and the stir of the dogs as Tweed and Tyke rose from the fireside to follow him. There was still a little red gleaming between the bars, and Kit would have liked to go in and warm his toes on the hearthstone. But he knew that his aunt was listening. He was going thirteen, and big for his age, so he wasted no pity on himself, but opened ...
— Bog-Myrtle and Peat - Tales Chiefly Of Galloway Gathered From The Years 1889 To 1895 • S.R. Crockett

... A Mae Marsh grimace of courage. Good! Say, she's great! Look at her try to swing her body. And her arms have lost their joints. And she's forgotten the words. Poor little tyke. Throw her something. Pennies. While she's singing. See ...
— A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago • Ben Hecht

... will excuse my plain, unvarnished ways, which may seem strange to you here. I never had but six months' schooling in all my life. And I confess, I consider myself a poor tyke to be here addressing the most intelligent people in the world. But I think it the duty of every representative of the people, when he is called upon, to give his opinions. And I have tried to give you ...
— David Crockett: His Life and Adventures • John S. C. Abbott

... with questions as to how things looked "t' 'ome." And then somebody asked what was the latest song. Right here was where I made my hit and got in right. I sing a bit, and I piped up with the newest thing from the music halls, "Tyke Me Back to Blighty." Here ...
— A Yankee in the Trenches • R. Derby Holmes

... wye, sir. Don't talk. Don't do nothink. Don't beat your 'ead against the wall. Be quiet. Tyke it natural. You've done this thing. Well, you 'aven't committed a murder. You 'aven't even done a wrong to the young lydy to whom you was engyged. By what I understand she'd jilted you, and you was free to marry any one ...
— The Dust Flower • Basil King



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