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• n  (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
• n  a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
• v  enclose with a dike
  dike the land to protect it from water

• The crater that had severed the dike is almost filled in again, but the main worry is the bombs that have fallen on the sides of the dike.
• He looked up and saw a small hole in the dike through which a tiny stream was flowing.
• When I visited in October, Fuling's dike was nearly finished.

• butch
• dyke
• dam

News & Articles

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• Women's Connection program set in Dike
  DIKE, Iowa --- The Grundy Area Women's Connection will present "A Gift That Lasts" at 12:30 p.m. June 18 at the Dike Community Building, 540 Main St.
  June 14, 2013 - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
• Airport Dike Trail to close next week
  As part of the Juneau International Airport Runway Safety Area Improvements, the Airport Dike Trail will close next week. Beginning June 18 at 7 a.m. through June 20 at 5:30 p.m.
  June 12, 2013 - Juneau Empire
• IVC product Justin Parr earns Illini's Dike Eddleman Award
  Chillicothe native Justin Parr on Tuesday was named the male recipient of the Dike Eddleman Award, which goes to the athletes of the year at the University of Illinois. Parr was a Louisville Slugger First-Team All-American and Big Ten Player of the Year after batting .398 with 92 hits, leading the conference and ranking among the national leaders in both categories. The center fielder did not ...
  June 12, 2013 - Peoria Journal Star

Quotes

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• Sarah Chayes in International Herald Tribune
  Sarah Chayes, who runs a non-governmental organization in Kandahar that makes and sells soap and body oils, said on her Web site that Arghandab "is currently acting as the dike protecting Kandahar from a surge of Taliban presence." "And...
• Mike Holmgren in Canton Repository
  I think we were 31st on defense and 31st on offense, so, you know ...... I have two thumbs, and there are five holes in the dike,Holmgren said.
• Charlie Crist in St. Petersburg Times
  No stop-gap measures, no Band-Aids, no finger in the dike,Crist said, without providing details.