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The definition of a tyke is a small child.

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A cute little four year old boy is an example of a tyke.

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See tyke in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Informal a small child
Brit.
1. a dog, esp. a mongrel
2. Dialectal a boor

Origin: ME tike < ON tik, a bitch < IE base *digh-, goat > OE ticcen, a kid

See tyke in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also tike

noun

A small child, especially a boy.
A mongrel or cur.
Chiefly British A man considered uncouth or mean; a boor.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English, mongrel

Origin: , from Old Norse tīk, bitch

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