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tyke
/taɪk/
noun 7name 1
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1ADJ.
little, mangy, manipulative
Definitions
noun
1
A mongrel dog.
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 small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
Manipulative little tyke I was.
3
A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
4
An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person.
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?
5
A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
name
1
A dialect, also known as Yorkshire, spoken in the county of Yorkshire.
noun
1
a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman; a Yorkshire person
2
someone connected with Barnsley Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
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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 s
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Manipulative little tyke I was.
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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?
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