A Tyke is a person from Yorkshire. Per the Urban Dictionary, it is also "a mongrel dog (which maybe why Tyke is also a Yorkshire dialect word for a Yorkshire Terrier dog), originally it was used by the southerners in the 18th/19th centuries as a derogatory term for Yorkshire folk, who they thought of as uncouth and coarse then it went to being a word Yorkshire folk proudly call themselves."
Many a Yorkshire County Cricket Club match is played to the chant of "Come on you Tykes", accompanied by the scent of beer, damp, and freshly cut grass.
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