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chewink

[ chi-wingk ]

noun

  1. a towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, of eastern North America.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chewink1

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; imitative
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Example Sentences

Across the fields in the early morning I hear some of the rare April birds,—the chewink and the brown thrasher.

It is no "chewink" at all, but almost as close a reproduction of a cat's mew as is the catbird's well-known call.

The Chewink (Fringilla erythrophthalma) is a very constant singer during four months of the year, from the middle of April.

Catch for your next prayer meeting talk a chewink or a brown thresher.

Most charming was a scion of the chewink family learning to ring his silver bell.

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