Meaning of Tyke | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A dialect, also known as Yorkshire, spoken in the county of Yorkshire.
2. a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman; a Yorkshire person
   UK, informal
3. A mongrel dog.
   dialectal
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
6. Designating an initiation level of sports competition for young children.
   Canada, colloquial
7. An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person.
   British, dated
8. A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
   UK, informal
9. A Roman Catholic.
   Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“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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