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Brewer's: Tike
A Yorkshire tike. A clownish rustic. In Scotland a dog is called a tyke (Icelandic, tik); hence, a snarling, obstinate fellow.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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