chewee

[imitative]

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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cheweek, chewink, pewee

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the eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus.

1823

The following catalogue contains a list of most of the known birds of the Province . . . Towhe Bird (or Pewee or Cheweek). . . .

1897

Again I would hear . . . the chewee, crying "Chewee, chewee," as it starts from a brush heap.