tyke 1
/tuyk/ , n.
1. a child, esp. a small boy.
2. any small child.
3. a cur; mongrel.
4. Chiefly Scot. a low, contemptible fellow; boor.
Also, tike .
[ 1350-1400; ME tik bitch ]
tyke 2
/tuyk/ , n.
Australia and New Zealand Informal. a Roman Catholic.
Also, tike .
[ 1940-45; cf. Ulster E Taig contemptuous term for a Roman Catholic Irishman, archaic E teague derogatory name for an Irishman Tadhg a common personal name ]