Yorkie

Y4O1R1K5I1E1
US/ˈjɔɹki/

noun

The Yorkshire terrier, a small breed of dog weighing 3–7 pounds as adults.

Less commonScrabble 13

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nounYorkie (plural Yorkies)

plural Yorkies

  1. informalThe Yorkshire terrier, a small breed of dog weighing 3–7 pounds as adults.

    The sight of that problem was much bigger for such a little dog than I would have ever imagined possible—had I even imagined it. Imagine my four-pound Yorkie as a miniature stallion. It was appalling to me, his noncanine mother.

    2017 October 17, Amy Tan, Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination, HarperCollins, →ISBN
  2. informalA Yorkshire pudding.

    It is getting as much air in your batter as possible that will make your Yorkies rise!

    2004, Ed Baines, Entertain, page 183
  3. Someone from York, England.

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