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

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Example Sentences

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chewink

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

On the same principles the ornithologist will direct you where to look for the greenlets, the wood-sparrow, or the chewink.

From Wake-Robin by John Burroughs

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 George Wharton James

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 Poems of James Russell Lowell With biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole by James Russell Lowell

On the same principles the ornithologist will direct you where to look for the greenlets, the wood sparrow, or the chewink.

From Wake-Robin by John Burroughs

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