chewink

[chi-wingk]

noun

a towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, of eastern North America.

Origin of chewink

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; imitative

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Historical Examples of chewink

Swallows were flying about us, and the chewink and cuckoo were heard near at hand.
Excursions and Poems
Henry David Thoreau
Chewink, or towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), the "Hermit's" story, 93.
Ways of Nature
John Burroughs
As I returned to the gnatcatchers, a chewink was hoeing in the sand stream.
A-Birding on a Bronco
Florence A. Merriam
I once found, in another place a nest full of chewink babies.
Upon The Tree-Tops
Olive Thorne Miller
That is why the chewink sings so happily from dawn till dark.
Some Summer Days in Iowa
Frederick John Lazell