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tyke

1[tahyk] ,
–noun
1. a child, esp. a small boy.
2. any small child.
3. a cur; mongrel.
4. Chiefly Scot. a low, contemptible fellow; boor.
Also, tike.


Origin:
1350–1400; ME < ON tīk bitch

tyke

2[tahyk]
–noun
Australia and New Zealand Informal. a Roman Catholic.
Also, tike.


Origin:
1940–45; cf. Ulster E Taig contemptuous term for a Roman Catholic Irishman, archaic E teague derogatory name for an Irishman < Ir Tadhg a common personal name
tyke also tike   (tīk)   
n.  
  1. A small child, especially a boy.
  2. A mongrel or cur.
  3. Chiefly British A man considered uncouth or mean; a boor.

[Middle English, mongrel, from Old Norse tīk, bitch.]

Tyke

Tyke\, n. See 2d Tike.

tyke 
c.1400, "cur, mongrel," from O.N. tik "bitch," related to M.L.G. tike. Also applied to a low-bred or lazy man. The meaning "child" is from 1902, though it was used in playful reproof from 1894.
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