Dyke definition
1977, In Cubbaroo's dim distant pastThey built a double dyke.Back to back in the yard it stoodAn architectural dream in wood— Ian Slack-Smith, The Passing of the Twin Seater, from The Cubbaroo Tales, 1977. Quoted in Aussie Humour, Macmillan, 1988, ISBN 0-7251-0553-4, page 235.
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Origin of dyke
- Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Attested US 1942, in Berrey and Van den Bark’s American Thesaurus of Slang.
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- Unknown; various theories suggested.
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- Variant of dike.
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