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gay tyke boy en · NOUN
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(UK, obsolete, slang) A dog-fancier, i.e. a fan of greyhound racing or dog fights.
The Plate is a correct representation of the animation displayed upon this subject by the gay TYKE-BOYS; and most of their nobs for low cunning are able to get the “best of” the keenest barristers in the kingdom, […]
1870 [1821], Pierce Egan, Life in London, etc., London: Chatto and Windus, page 260:The Sprig of Myrtle is matched with the pink of Bow—the gay tyke boys are all up in their stirrups at the news.
1850, William Thomas Moncrieff, An original collection of Songs, sung at the Theatres Royal, etc, page 107:
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