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Etymology

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From dyke +‎ -ery.

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Noun

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dykery (uncountable)

  1. (slang, sometimes offensive) The quality of being a dyke.
  2. (slang, sometimes offensive) Dykish activity, materials, etc.; things befitting a dyke.
    • 1998, Edward Field, A Frieze for a Temple of Love, page 195:
      And there is actually quite a lot of entertaining dykery going on under the guise of bees sipping flowers, that sort of thing ...