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
Paddling near the shore, we frequently heard the pe-pe of the olive-sided flycatcher, also the wood pewee and the kingfisher.
From Canoeing in the wilderness by Thoreau, Henry David
A wood warbler, on the contrary, always brings before me the rush and hurry of the world of people, and the wood pewee its under-current of eternal sadness.
From Upon The Tree-Tops by Miller, Olive Thorne
To my delight the wood pewee flew up in the tree, sat down on a horizontal crotch, and went through the motions of moulding.
From A-Birding on a Bronco by Merriam, Florence A.
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