tyke

Significat (Anglès)

  1. (dialectal) A mongrel dog.
  2. (colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
  3. (Canada, colloquial) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
  4. (British, dated) An uncultured, crude and unrefined or uncouth ill-bred person.
  5. (UK, informal) A person from Yorkshire; a Yorkshireman or Yorkshirewoman.
  6. (Australia, New-Zealand, derogatory, informal) A Roman Catholic.

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Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/taɪk/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

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”. Sense 5 (“Roman Catholic”) is an alteration of taig, and was first used in writing in the early 20ᵗʰ century.

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