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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peewees
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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
Example Sentences
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The crowd lining Pacific Boulevard in Huntington Park roared as peewee football players and cheerleaders strolled by.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
Not even as a kid playing peewee football in Florida.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 18, 2022
“Courage Hats” wants a little too forcefully to guide us into “deep” places where we will doff our hidey-hats to reveal our true selves — abstract concepts for the literalizing peewee set.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2022
Everyone wants to come talk to the coach who first installed Joey as the peewee team’s quarterback in the third grade.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2022
He’d started with peewee when he was seven or eight; would Mrs. Richardson like to see some photos?
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
Instead, he coached peewees — second- and fourth-graders — for two years before moving up to the high school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
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
Jessie called, and she called again and again, as she ploughed through the sand, and heard in reply only the shrieks of the gulls and peewees.
From The Campfire Girls on Station Island or, The Wireless from the Steam Yacht by Margaret Penrose
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