tyke
noun
[ tʌɪk ]
• a small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one.
• "is the little tyke up to his tricks again?"
• an unpleasant or coarse man.
• a dog, especially a mongrel.
• a person from Yorkshire.
• "Geordies and tykes have never got on particularly well"
• a Roman Catholic.
Origin:
late Middle English (tyke (sense 2, sense 3)): from Old Norse tík ‘bitch’.
