Dyke

Noun

 * 1)   A toilet.
 * 1977, In Cubbaroo's dim distant past They built a double dyke. Back to back in the yard it stood An architectural dream in wood &mdash; Ian Slack-Smith, The Passing of the Twin Seater, from The Cubbaroo Tales, 1977. Quoted in Aussie Humour, Macmillan, 1988, ISBN 0-7251-0553-4, page 235.
 * 1)  a ditch.
 * 2)  a valley.
 * Let's walk to Devil's Dyke.
 * Let's walk to Devil's Dyke.

Noun

 * 1)  A lesbian, particularly one who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner. This word has been reclaimed, by some, as politically empowering. (See usage notes.)

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:lesbian

Derived terms

 * bulldyke

Thesaurus
amazon, androgyne, auntie, bi-guy, bisexual, bull dyke, butch, catamite, chicken, fag, faggot, fairy, femme, flit, fricatrice, fruit, gunsel, homo, homophile, homosexual, homosexualist, hoyden, invert, lesbian, nance, pansy, pathic, punk, queen, queer, romp, sapphist, tomboy, tribade, virago

Etymology 1
Variant of dike:.

Etymology 2

 * various theories suggested.

Attested US 1942, in Berrey and Van den Bark’s American Thesaurus of Slang.

Noun

 * Croatian:
 * Dutch:
 * Filipino:
 * Finnish:, lepakko
 * French:


 * Polish: lesba
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:

Anagrams

 * E.D. Ky.

Etymology
dic:

Noun

 * 1) Hedge

Anagrams

 * E.D. Ky.