chewink

American  

[chi-wingk] / tʃɪˈwɪŋk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of chewink

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; imitative

Example Sentences

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

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

The chewink is a curious exchange for the robin.

From A Bird-Lover in the West by Miller, Olive Thorne

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

From Upon The Tree-Tops by Miller, Olive Thorne

There is also a Western chickadee, a Western chewink, a Western blue jay, a Western meadow-lark, a Western snow-bird, a Western bluebird, a Western song-sparrow, Western grouse, quail, hen-hawk, etc., etc.

From Wake-Robin by Burroughs, John