peewee
Americanadjective
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very small; tiny.
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insignificant or inconsequential.
a player sent to the peewee leagues.
noun
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a person or thing that is unusually small.
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an animal that is small for its kind; runt.
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Marbles. a small playing marble, often one made of clay rather than glass.
noun
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a variant spelling of pewee
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a variant (esp Scot) of peewit
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another name for magpie lark
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an age level of 12 to 13 in amateur sport, esp ice hockey
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( as modifier )
peewee hockey
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Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of peewee
First recorded in 1885–90; rhyming compound based on wee
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David Williams, the executive director of the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum in Kent, compared Schumacher’s rise in the sport to somebody who started playing peewee football in Seattle and advanced to play for the Seahawks.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
Like he has from his peewee days, D’Anton understands the opportunity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
Not even as a kid playing peewee football in Florida.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2022
Rapp has been calling plays since he was a 7-year-old peewee quarterback performing audibles at the line of scrimmage.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2022
And Billy took a very short trip through time, made a peewee jump of only ten days, so he was still twelve, still touring the West with his family.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
He also has a tiny, mostly deflated football, the last one Burrow tossed in peewees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2022
After all the drills, weightlifting, practices and games, from peewees to the preps to college, being drafted is a reward onto itself.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2018
A pipe-fitter by trade, he spent almost all of his free time coaching under-privileged kids, from peewees to teenagers.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2015
More than most sports, from peewees to pros, hockey binds families tighter than laces on a skate.
From Chicago Tribune ● Dec. 31, 2010
Hear about the graves of the martyrs the peewees crying— And hear no more at all.
From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
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