In Scotland and the North of England, a dog; and hence a contemptible person.
Base tyke, call'st me host? now
By this hand, I swear I scorn the term.--Shakspeare.
I ever had but six months' schooling in all my life, and I consider myself but a poor tyke to be here addressing the most intelligent people in the world.--Crockett's Speech, Tour, p. 82.