tyke
noun/taɪk/
/taɪk/
(also tike)
(informal)- a small child, especially one who behaves badly
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- (British English) a person from Yorkshire
Word Originlate Middle English (originally referring to an unpleasant man or a dog): from Old Norse tík ‘bitch’.
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