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名詞

gay tyke boy (複数形 gay tyke boys)

1. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A dog-fancier.
   • 1850, William Thomas Moncrieff, An original collection of Songs, sung at the Theatres Royal, etc (page 107)

     The Sprig of Myrtle is matched with the pink of Bow—the gay tyke boys are all up in their stirrups at the news.

   • 1870, Pierce Egan, Life in London, etc (page 260)

     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, […]

参照

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary