yorkie

/ˈjɔɹki/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

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Meaning

noun

Informal

noun

Informal

noun

"The sight of that problem was much bigger for such a little dog than I would have ever imagined possible—had I even imagined it. Imagine my four-pound Yorkie as a miniature stallion. It was appalling to me, his noncanine mother."
"It is getting as much air in your batter as possible that will make your Yorkies rise!"

From Yorkshire + -ie.

Yorkies (plural)

chorkie morkie shorkie

porky corky forky

Questions

How do you pronounce yorkie?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɔɹki/.

What does yorkie mean?

Where does yorkie come from?

From Yorkshire + -ie.

How to pronounce yorkie

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