chewink
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chewink
An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; imitative
Example Sentences
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He will be led to find out that the chewink is a kind of finch and is so called because of its note, which is accented on the second syllable.
From Time Magazine Archive
That is why the chewink sings so happily from dawn till dark.
From Some Summer Days in Iowa by Lazell, Frederick John
Swallows were flying about us, and the chewink and cuckoo were heard near at hand.
From Excursions by Thoreau, Henry David
"Out West the chewink calls like a catbird," he observed.
From Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt by Burroughs, John
Climbing the loose-piled wall that hems The road along the mill-pond's brink, From 'neath the arching barberry-stems, My footstep scares the shy chewink.
From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell
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