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- noun Plural form of
wyke .
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Examples
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Besides madam'll pretty generally always find as love-call wykes love-echo, as the syin 'goes. "
The Dust Flower Basil King 1893
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That's 'ow they wykes you up at stand-to, or w'en your turn comes fer sentry.
Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army James Norman Hall 1919
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And they told two of the Will-o-the-wykes to take turns in watching on the black snag, to see that she lay safe and still, and couldn't get out to spoil their sport.
Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know Various 1896
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