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Dikes In Canada
Dyke (UK) or dike (US) may refer to: General uses * Dyke (slang), a slang word meaning "lesbian" * Dike (geology), a subvertical sheet-like intrusion of magma or sediment * Dike (mythology), ''Dikē'', the Greek goddess of moral justice * Dikes, diagonal pliers, also called side-cutting pliers, a hand tool used by electricians and others * Dyke (automobile company), established 1899 Structures * Dyke (embankment) or dike, a natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels, often called a levee in American English * Ditch, a water-filled drainage trench * A regional term for a dry stone wall People * Dyke (surname) * Dyke baronets, a title in the Baronetage of England * Dykes (surname), a British surname found particularly in northern England Places Settlements * Dike, Iowa, United States * Dykes, Missouri, United States * Dyke, Moray, Scotland * Dike, Texas, United States * Dyke, Virginia, United States * Dyke, Lincolnshire, England * Little Dyke, Nova Scoti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyke (slang)
''Dyke'' is a slang term, used as a noun meaning lesbian and as an adjective describing things associated with lesbians. It originated as a homophobic slur for masculine, butch, or androgynous girls or women. Pejorative use of the word still exists, but the term ''dyke'' has been reappropriated by many lesbians to imply assertiveness and toughness. Origins and historical usage The origin of the term ''dyke'' is obscure and many theories have been proposed. Most etymologies assert that ''dyke'' is derived from ''bulldyke'', which has a similar meaning. The term first appears in an August 1921 article in the journal ''Medical Review of Reviews'' titled "The 'Fairy' and the Lady Lover". In this article, Perry M. Lichtenstein, a prison physician in New York City, reports on the case of a female prisoner he examined: "She stated that she had indulged in the practice of 'bull diking,' as she termed it. She was a prisoner in one of the reformatories, and there a certain young woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyke, Lincolnshire
Dyke is a village in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated less than east from the A15 road, and approximately 1 mile north-east from Bourne Bourne may refer to: Places UK * Bourne, Lincolnshire, a town ** Bourne Abbey ** Bourne railway station * Bourne (electoral division), West Sussex * Bourne SSSI, Avon, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Burrington, North Somerset * Bourne .... Dyke is within Bourne civil parish. The name Dyke arises from its lying on Car Dyke, a once much larger Roman ditch, which runs along the western edge of The Fens. The section of Car Dyke between Dyke and Bourne is a scheduled ancient monument. For population statistics Dyke, Twenty, South Fen, and Spalding road outside Bourne are taken together; Dyke is the largest of these settlements. The 2001 census recorded a population of 1,598, falling to 1,541 at the 2011 census. Dyke and Dyke Fen fall within the drainage area of the Black Sluice Internal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D-Yikes!
"D-Yikes!" is the sixth episode of the eleventh season and the 159th overall episode of the American animated sitcom ''South Park''. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on April 11, 2007. In the episode, frustrated with men, Mrs. Garrison makes the boys write an essay on '' The Old Man and the Sea''. The boys hire Mexican day laborers to do the job for them, but they misinterpret the term "essay." Meanwhile, Mrs. Garrison has become a lesbian and finds the bar she hangs out in is about to be taken over by Persian club owners. Mrs. Garrison takes a stand in the name of saving the one place that lets her be the woman she is. The episode is rated TV-MA L, and is a parody of the film ''300''. Plot When the episode begins, Mrs. Garrison storms into her classroom enraged over a failed date, and takes her anger out on her male students with an essay assignment over the weekend, making them read '' The Old Man and the Sea'' by Ernest Hemingway in its entirety. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Dyke (other)
Van Dyke, VanDyke or Vandyke is an Americanized or anglicized form of the Dutch-language toponymic surname ''Van Dijk'', ''Van Dijke'', '' Van Dijck'', or '' Van Dyck''. Meaning living near the dike. Van Dyke, VanDyke or Vandyke may refer to: As a surname *The Van Dyke family of American entertainers: :* Dick Van Dyke (born 1925), actor :** Barry Van Dyke (born 1951), actor :*** Shane Van Dyke (born 1979), actor, screenwriter, and director :* Jerry Van Dyke (1931–2018), comedian and actor, brother of Dick :** Kelly Jean Van Dyke (1958–1991), actress and adult film performer *Aldo Calderón van Dyke (1968–2013), Honduran journalist and news anchor * Alex Van Dyke (born 1974), American football wide receiver *Anthony E. Van Dyke, United States Marine Corps colonel *Antony van Dyke, variant English spelling of the Flemish-born painter Anthony van Dyck, (1599–1641) *Arlington P. Van Dyke (1926–1990), American businessman and New York politician *Ben Van Dyke (1888–1973 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dyke & The Blazers
Dyke and the Blazers was an American funk band led by Arlester Christian. The band was formed in 1965, and recorded up until Christian's death in 1971. Among their most successful records were the original version of "Funky Broadway" (1966) and " Let a Woman Be a Woman" (1969). Career Arlester Christian (June 13, 1943 – March 13, 1971), nicknamed "Dyke", was born (according to most sources) in Buffalo, New York. He attended Burgard High School. In 1960, he started playing bass in a Buffalo band, Carl LaRue and his Crew, who played local bars and clubs and released a single, "Please Don't Drive Me Away", on the KKC label in March 1962. In 1964, LaRue was invited by Phoenix, Arizona-based disc jockey, Eddie O'Jay, to take his band to that city, to provide the backing for the vocal group that he managed there, The O'Jays. By 1965, however, the O'Jays and their manager had moved elsewhere, and LaRue's band fell apart. LaRue returned to Buffalo, but Christian and two other members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Desire Dyke
Mount Desire Dyke is designated place of geological significance. It is located north-east of Hawker in South Australia, on the edge of the Flinders Ranges. The dyke (or dike) is a rock structure where mobile material, being a breccia of rock salt and rubble (as in 'salt diapirs') has intruded into cracks in folded Adelaidean sediments in the geological past PhD thesis of Trev J Mount, 1975, on "Diapirs and diapirism in the Adelaide Geosyncline" (Flinders Ranges) now is published online (free download) by the Department of Energy & Mining (Geological Survey of South Australia) as Report Book 2021/00006 The site was added to the South Australian Heritage Register on 30 March 1998. Its significance is described as follows: This site contains a number of features of considerable importance to research and debate concerning the nature and origin of the Mt Desire Dyke and other diapirs of the Flinders Ranges, including: typical dolomitic-vanished evaporite breccia and dolostone/me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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