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  • noun Plural form of tyke.

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Examples

  • It was McKenna who first clued me in about the existence of "self-transforming machine elves", or "tykes" -- the entities that DMT users come into contact with during their trip.

    Posthuman Blues Mac 2007

  • Never again will the long lazy evenings return wherein Ortheris, whistling softly, moved surgeon-wise among the captives of his craft at the bottom of the well; when Learoyd sat in the niche, giving sage counsel on the management of "tykes," and Mulvaney, from the crook of the overhanging

    Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

  • Sunglasses-clad Brad Pitt took in vogue tykes Shiloh as well as Zahara upon the toy selling debauch in Washington D.C. Hop, Skip as well as Jump in NYC!

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

  • After watching them grow from 10-year-old tykes to brave teens, romance has finally, truly bloomed in the Harry Potter movies.

    Hollywood's Top-Grossing On-Screen Couples Dorothy Pomerantz 2011

  • Sunglasses-clad Brad Pitt took in vogue tykes Shiloh as well as Zahara upon the toy selling debauch in Washington D.C. Hop, Skip as well as Jump in NYC!

    Lisa Loeb Welcomes Baby Girl | Extra admin 2009

  • It is not as if these little tykes could vote in the next election.

    CNN Poll: Republicans make gains, but trail Democrats 2009

  • But this is what fiftysomething females look like, tykes, so get over it.

    Spotted: an older woman on screen Anne Billson 2010

  • The movie's adventurous tykes continue to rake in viewers via numerous runs across several networks, while the show's cocreators inked a deal to turn Phineas and Ferb into a full-length feature film.

    Summer TV Winners and Losers 2011

  • Thatcher had a good run up before viciously protecting our sovereign right to guano - and these two tykes are obviously cast in her image.

    Steve Bell on David Cameron 2011

  • Lots of tykes on wheels, too -- most of them at about the same level of riding skill as ours.

    Jack Bog's Blog: August 2009 Archives 2009

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