Definition of "tykes" [tykes]

• Plural form of tyke. (noun)

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• "It was McKenna who first clued me in about the existence of "self-transforming machine elves", or "tykes" -- the entities that DMT users come into contact with during their trip."
• "Never again will the long lazy evenings return wherein Ortheris, whistling softly, moved surgeon-wise among the captives of his craft at the bottom of the well; when Learoyd sat in the niche, giving sage counsel on the management of "tykes," and Mulvaney, from the crook of the overhanging"
• "Thatcher had a good run up before viciously protecting our sovereign right to guano - and these two tykes are obviously cast in her image."