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   Tyke

   /tīk/

   

   noun

   • 1. a small child: informal "is the little tyke up to his tricks again?"
   • ▪ an initiation level of sports competition for young children: Canadian "tyke hockey"
   • 2. an unpleasant or coarse man. dated British
   • 3. a dog, especially a mongrel.

   Word Origin late Middle English (tyke (sense 2, sense 3)): from Old Norse tík ‘bitch’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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