peetweet

American  

[peet-weet] / ˈpit wit /

noun

1. the spotted sandpiper.

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peetweet British  

/ ˈpiːtˌwiːt /

noun

1. another name for the spotted sandpiper

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Etymology

Origin of peetweet

1830–40, imitative rhyming compound; pewee, pewit

Example Sentences

That is why the peetweet flies over river and lake, but ever cries eagerly, "Peet-weet, peet-weet!" for that is his word for "Rain, rain!"

From The Book of Nature Myths by Holbrook, Florence

Every bird that flies had come to the Father, but the peetweet had come last because he was lazy.

From The Book of Nature Myths by Holbrook, Florence

The Father heard the lazy peetweet, and he said, "Do you not wish to show the waters where to go?"

From The Book of Nature Myths by Holbrook, Florence

But the peetweet went on, "I should think the lakes could find their way into the hollows of the mountains by themselves."

From The Book of Nature Myths by Holbrook, Florence