wood pewee
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wood pewee
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Example Sentences
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The idea is cute and corny: eleven songs with themes that take off from the tunes of far-out birds like the purple finch and the wood pewee.
From Time Magazine Archive
“How would you know about a wood pewee in your business?”
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
Everywhere in these solitudes I am greeted with the pensive, almost pathetic not of the wood pewee.
From Wake-Robin by John Burroughs
And once I found a wood pewee in a somewhat similar mood.
From Birds in the Bush by Bradford Torrey
Like the call of the wood pewee, the wren's radiates coolness and shadowy quiet.
From Edge of the Jungle by William Beebe
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