Meaning

noun a native of Yorkshire

noun a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement

noun a young person of either sex

originPerhaps a derogatory nickname from Old Norse tík, 'bitch, female dog' (compare English tyke, Icelandic tík). Less likely to be from Old Norse þýzkr, 'of one's nation' or an Old English cognate (compare German deutsch, Swedish tysk).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0