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Definition of Tykes
1. tyke [n] - See also: tyke
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tykes
| tyeken tyekin tyeks tyer tyers tyes tyg tyger tygs tyin | tying tying up tyiyn tyiyns tyke tykes (current term) tykish tylari tylarus tyle | tylectomies tylectomy tylenchida tylers tylion tyloma tyloma conjunctivae tylopod tylopoda |
Literary usage of Tykes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"When I got there I found it so hot, because there had been so many tykes poisoned,
that there was a ..."
2. The Scottish Poets Recent and Living by Alexander G. Murdoch (1883)
"Their graves in a far-land, While the echoes rang shrill to "The Rough tykes o'
Tarland." The rough tykes o' Tarland— The dour loons o' Tarland— But the ..."
3. The Scottish Songs by Robert Chambers (1829)
"O WAE to a' the Whigs o' Fife, The brosy tykes, the lousy tykes, O wae to a' the
Whigs o' Fife, That e'er they cam frae hell! There's gentle John, and Jock ..."
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