pewee, peewee, peewit, pewit, wood pewee, Contopus virens
(noun) small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North America
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Imitative, from its note.
pewee (countable and uncountable, plural pewees)
(countable) The common American tyrant flycatcher (of the genus Contopus).
(countable, US, dialect) A woodcock.
(uncountable) An American version of the children's game gilli-danda.
• pee-ew, weepe
Source: Wiktionary
Pe"wee, n. Etym: [So called from its note.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A common American tyrant flycatcher (Sayornis phoebe, or S. fuscus). Called also pewit, and phoebe.
2. The woodcock. [Local, U.S.] Wood pewee (Zoöl.), a bird (Contopus virens) similar to the pewee (See Pewee, 1), but of smaller size.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
