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
The note of the wood pewee is a human sigh; the chickadee has a call full of unspeakable tenderness and fidelity.
From Locusts and Wild Honey by Burroughs, John
The woodland thrushes' flutes and bells have ceased to breathe and chime, only the wood pewee keeps his pensive song of other days, yet best befitting those of declining summer.
From In New England Fields and Woods by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)
And once I found a wood pewee in a somewhat similar mood.
From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford
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