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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  1. noun Variant of dike1.
  2. noun Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a lesbian.

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  1. Origin unknown.

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/ (dīk)/
ahd pronounces "dyke"
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