Synonyms for dykes
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dahyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : daɪk |
Définition of dykes
Origin :- 1931, American English, perhaps a shortening of morphadike, dialectal garbling of hermaphrodite; but bulldyker "engage in lesbian activities" is attested from 1921, and a source from 1896 lists dyke as slang for "the vulva."
- [T]he word appears first in the long forms, bulldiker and bulldyking, both used in the 1920s by American blacks. No African antecedents have been found for the term, however, which leads to the possibility that this is basically just another backcountry, barnyard word, perhaps a combination of BULL and DICK. [Rawson]
- As in dike : noun embankment
- With more green in it, perhaps; you know the lovely colour on the dykes in the marshes?
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- I've got onto a man that built all the dykes down toward Chillicothe.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- The old Dutch spirit was up—the spirit of the men who cut the dykes.
- Extract from : « The War in South Africa » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- This bell can see as far away as the towers and dykes of Rotterdam.
- Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- The palm-groves are surrounded by dykes to keep the water in.
- Extract from : « Southern Arabia » by Theodore Bent
- On thy way, strengthen the forts and deepen the dykes of the marches.
- Extract from : « Harold, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- No, no, they have pierced the dykes; I know they will help us.
- Extract from : « The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- The dykes, tasked beyond their strength, burst in every direction.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume II.(of III) 1566-74 » by John Lothrop Motley
- He turned to Mr. Dykes and in a few words explained what he wanted done.
- Extract from : « Captain Calamity » by Rolf Bennett
- But Mr. Dykes was becoming very dissatisfied with things as they were.
- Extract from : « Captain Calamity » by Rolf Bennett
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