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yike

British  
/ jaɪk /

noun

  1. an argument, squabble, or fight

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to argue, squabble, or fight

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of yike

origin unknown

Example Sentences

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I yike to live here if Timfy doin' to live here too.

From Timothy's Quest A Story for Anybody, Young or Old, Who Cares to Read It by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

She was followed and gently reasoned with, but her only explanation was that she did n't "yike to eat wiv so many peoples."

From Polly Oliver's Problem by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

"I should yike a little nushment, please," interrupted The Seraph in his turn.

From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley

When you is in love, first you burns yike a furnace, an' en you shwivel up wiv the cold.

From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley

"The Bishop brought him wight here in the pony twap," added The Seraph, "and we'd all yike a little nushment, please."

From Explorers of the Dawn by Christopher Morley

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