gay tyke boy

noun

A dog-fancier, i.e. a fan of greyhound racing or dog fights.

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Meanings

noungay tyke boy (plural gay tyke boys)

plural gay tyke boys

  1. UKobsoleteslangA dog-fancier, i.e. a fan of greyhound racing or dog fights.

    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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    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
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