Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
huke . - noun Same as
haik .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
haik , andhuke .
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- noun Alternative form of
haik . - noun Alternative form of
huke .
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Examples
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If you are in the city you are on the spot; if you are in the country, "hyke" for the city!
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Eye lyks to hyke da mowntins woff my fiancecat too.
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Aye fink Aye gotta kleen teh cookies oar sumpin, mai abatar haz taekin ah hyke….grumble, grumble
this wat you do on weekend? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Tobey Tall says: in the Uk the minimum wage is £5. 25 and many companies are signing up to hyke that up to £7 and hour for people to have a fair wage
Think Progress » Right-Wing Shelves Vote on Minimum Wage 2006
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"Well then what did she want to hyke off to live among those Dutchmen for, when one of the best houses in England was open to her?"
The Market-Place Harold Frederic 1877
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The meal which Elisha poured into the pot was a symbolic sign that the noxious quality of the herbs was removed. lap full -- The hyke, or large cloak, is thrown loosely over the left shoulder and fastened under the right arm, so as to form a lap or apron.
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The usual size of a hyke is six yards long and five or six feet broad, serving the
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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_insurrectos_; the blame Gover'ment being in possession of all the trails leadin 'into the hinterland; so says he,' What for a game would it be for me to hyke up to 'Frisco an' git in touch with my financial backers an 'conspirate to smuggle down a load o' arms? '
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Frank Norris 1886
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"List halloa! list halloa!" cried Herne, "that's he! that's he! hyke!
Windsor Castle William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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Berner's Boke of Hawking and Hunting.] hyke a Beaumont!
Quentin Durward Walter Scott 1801
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