tyke
Meanings
noun
- A mongrel dog.
- A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
- Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children.
- An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person.
- A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
name
- A dialect, also known as Yorkshire, spoken in the county of Yorkshire.
noun
- a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman; a Yorkshire person
- someone connected with Barnsley Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
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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”.
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