dyke
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The horsemen might well have closed on us with our slowing down for the dyke, and there wasn't a second to spare.
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- noun Variant of dike1.
- noun Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a lesbian.
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- I wanted Maddy smeared as a dyke, and the last picture was Father himself -- his face scratched out. — White Jazz
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The horsemen might well have closed on us with our slowing down for the dyke, and there wasn't a second to spare.
— The Sky Writer -
I like the definition I've heard: "a dyke is a lesbian with attitude."
— AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters -
On either side of the dyke was the water, black and silent.
— Jeanne of the Marshes -
The centre of the dyke was theirs; the great Kowenstyn, the only key by which the gates of
— History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1585c
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/ (dīk)/
ahd pronounces "dyke"
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