Tykes

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. ❋ Mac (2007)

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 ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

(Most of the mathematical element of an econ. degree is aimed at getting the little tykes to the level of handling Bellman's equation). ❋ Unknown (2009)

After watching them grow from 10-year-old tykes to brave teens, romance has finally, truly bloomed in the Harry Potter movies. ❋ Dorothy Pomerantz (2011)

But this series that ran on the Family Channel for 88 episodes in the early 1990s is aimed squarely at tykes and won't make anyone blanch who though the original Disney series was the cat's meow. ❋ Michael Giltz (2011)

Apparently, if you moms don't connect emotionally with your tykes well enough, it could raise Junior's risk for obesity by the time they're 15. ❋ The Stir (2011)

Sunglasses-clad Brad Pitt took in vogue tykes Shiloh as well as Zahara upon the toy selling debauch in Washington D.C. Hop, Skip as well as Jump in NYC! ❋ Admin (2009)

A walk to the Thames takes us to the Tower, site of the executions of Anne Boleyn and the Little Princes, adorable tykes likely murdered by the heartless Richard III. ❋ Joe Queenan (2011)

The movie's adventurous tykes continue to rake in viewers via numerous runs across several networks, while the show's cocreators inked a deal to turn Phineas and Ferb into a full-length feature film. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Lots of tykes on wheels, too -- most of them at about the same level of riding skill as ours. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This seems to me a more sensible approach to getting produce to children than asking the unfortunate tykes to spend precious school hours growing it themselves. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is not as if these little tykes could vote in the next election. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But this is what fiftysomething females look like, tykes, so get over it. ❋ Anne Billson (2010)

And dozens of Moms and Dads wandered around the beach with little tykes in tow. ❋ Jpitta (2009)

Thatcher had a good run up before viciously protecting our sovereign right to guano - and these two tykes are obviously cast in her image. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But now the tykes from "Glee" are swarming like gnats. ❋ Unknown (2011)