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Answer for the clue "Shaver ", 4 letters:
tyke
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Word definitions for tyke in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tike \Tike\, n. [Icel. t[=i]k a bitch; akin to Sw. tik.] A dog; a cur. ``Bobtail tike or trundle-tail.'' --Shak. A countryman or clown; a boorish, clumsy, or eccentric person; -- also spelled tyke . a small child; -- variant of tyke .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "cur, mongrel," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tik "bitch," from Proto-Germanic *tikk- (cognates: Middle Low German tike ). Also applied in Middle English to a low-bred or lazy man. The meaning "child" is from 1902, though the word ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context dialectal English) A mongrel dog. 2 (context slang English) A small child, especially a cheeky or mischievous one 3 # (context Canadian English) An initiation level of sports competition for young children 4 (context dated chiefly British ...
Usage examples of tyke.
But these boys, they was already clever little tykes well known around town before ever the slave that cachet belongs to was born.
Witches pursued their wanchancy calling, bairns were spirited away, young lassies selled their souls to the Evil One, and the Accuser of the Brethren, in the shape of a black tyke, was seen about cottage doors in the gloaming.
And although I hate the Disneyesque clich of making every child a motherless tyke, I must admit that the clich works here.
I only knew the tyke by the depth of his chest, the roundness of his foot, and his manner of baying, for the poor gazehound was painted like any Venetian courtesan.
At burglaries, auto thefts, shopliftingswhat the heck, unpack those strollers and give the little tykes a thrill!
He handed off the tyke to his wife the boy still crying in that soft way, big tears just rolling down his cheeks, and I'll be damned if Big Sister wasn't starting to dribble a little bit right along with him.
The tyke tapped the aerial photographs of the China Pit we kept tacked on the bulletin board, one after the other.
The tyke didn't kick or have a tantrum, but his eyes never left those photos on the bulletin board.
Naow, I'll styke my reputption on somethin', you tyke it dahn word for word.
They offer everything from make-your-ownbullet classes to afterschool activities for the tykes.
Tykes still carrying laundry baskets stumbled down stairs and into the street.