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dyke, dike
1. an embankment constructed to prevent flooding, keep out the sea, etc. 2. a ditch or watercourse 3. a bank made of earth excavated for and placed alongside a ditch 4. Scot a wall, esp a dry-stone wall 5. a vertical or near-vertical wall-like body of igneous rock intruded into cracks in older rock Dyke Greg(ory). born 1947, British television executive; director-general of the BBC (2000--04) dike, dyke 1. A dry stone wall. 2. A long low dam. 3. A bank of earth from an excavation. 4. An earth embankment which acts as a coffer-dam for keeping water out of an excavation. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | The Jane Austen Book Club's membership runs the gamut of stereotypical female characters who populate the degraded modern equivalent of the women's picture: earth mother; recently dumped chick; stylish snob-ette; single dog-breeder; dykey daughter, hippie grandma and frisky triple-divorcee. When Gareth and Dykey went to get another drink, we got split up so I decided to go home on the train. My mum had dykey hair and drove a manly car and turned up in jeans to the school parents' evenings with another woman," laughs Dan, who is himself gay "So it was obvious, but I think back then they didn't really know how to deal with it. |
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