TYKE

n. (also tike)

1. esp. Brit. an unpleasant or coarse man.

2 a mongrel.

3 a small child.

4 Brit. sl. a Yorkshireman.

5 Austral. & NZ sl. offens. a Roman Catholic.

Etymology: ME f. ON t{iacute}k bitch: sense 5 assim. from TAIG