tyke

• n. a bad dog; a dingo; a (Scottish) country bumpkin; a small child.

中世英語のtyke、古ノルド語のtik、bitchから。後に、意地悪な熊のような行儀の悪い子供を指すようになった。

tyke (n.)

late 14c., "cur, mongrel," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse tik "bitch," from Proto-Germanic *tikk- (cognates: Middle Low German tike). Also applied in Middle English to a low-bred or lazy man. The meaning "child" is from 1902, though the word was used in playful reproof from 1894. As a nickname for a Yorkshireman, from c. 1700; "Perhaps originally opprobrious; but now accepted and owned" [OED].

1. Little tyke fell asleep as we were flying over Bristol.

ちびっ子はブリストルに飛ぶとすぐに寝てしまった。

2.Little tyke fell asleep just as we were flying over Bristol.

ブリストルに飛んだとき、この子は眠っていた。

3.He was a gash an 'faithful tyke .

彼は聡明で忠実な村夫である。