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

Towhee, tow′hē, n. the chewink, ground-robin, or marsh-robin of the United States.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The road robin or chewink is fairly common in the thickets above the Lake.

From The Lake of the Sky Lake Tahoe in the High Sierras of California and Nevada, its History, Indians, Discovery by Frémont, Legendary Lore, Various Namings, Physical Characteristics, Glacial Phenomena, Geology, Single Outlet, Automobile Routes, Historic Towns, Early Mining Excitements, Steamer Ride, Mineral Springs, Mountain and Lake Resorts, Trail and Camping Out Trips, Summer Residences, Fishing, Hunting, Flowers, Birds, Animals, Trees, and Chaparral, with a Full Account of the Tahoe National Forest, the Public Use of the Water of Lake Tahoe and Much Other Interesting Matter by James, George Wharton

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

From Around The Tea-Table by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)

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