chewink
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chewink
An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; imitative
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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
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.
From Birds of the Rockies by Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser
The flirting chewink calls his dear Behind the bush; and very near, Where water flows, where green grass grows, Song-sparrows gently sing, "Good cheer."
From Songs out of Doors by Henry Van Dyke
Still another musician who delights to take liberties with his score is the towhee bunting, or chewink.
From Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey
Climbing the loose-piled wall that hems 10The road along the mill-pond's brink, From 'neath the arching barberry-stems My footstep scares the shy chewink.
From The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell; Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julian W. Abernethy, PH.D. by James Russell Lowell
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