Dykes, Dyke or Dikes may refer to:
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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 ...
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Dykes Potter
Maryland Dykes Potter (November 18, 1910 – February 27, 2002), was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in two Major League Baseball (MLB) games, for the 1938 Brooklyn Dodgers.
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Potter's professional baseball career ...
(1910–2002), an American professional baseball player
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Dykes (surname) Dykes is a British surname which is thought to originate from the hamlet of Dykesfield in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumbria in the north of England. Due to its close proximity to the English and Scottish borders, the surname Dykes has also been found in Sco ...
Places
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Dykes, Missouri
See also
* Dikes,
diagonal pliers
Diagonal pliers (also known as wire cutters, diagonal cutting pliers, diagonal cutters, side cutters, dikes or Nippy cutters) are pliers intended for the cutting of wire (they are generally not used to grab or turn anything). The plane define ...
, also called side-cutting pliers, a hand tool used by electricians and others
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Dykes on Bikes, a group of motorcyclists
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Dykes, Camera, Action!
''Dykes, Camera, Action!'' is a 2018 American documentary film about the history of lesbian and queer cinema from the women who made it happen. The documentary is the first feature-length film of New York City based director and editor, Caroline Be ...
'', a documentary of 2018
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Dykes & Gorgons'', a lesbian magazine of the 1970s
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Dykes to Watch Out For
''Dykes to Watch Out For'' (sometimes ''DTWOF'') was a weekly comic strip by Alison Bechdel. The strip, which ran from 1983 to 2008, was one of the earliest ongoing Media portrayal of lesbianism, representations of lesbians in popular culture ...
'', a comic strip
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Dyke (disambiguation)
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
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