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chewink
[ chi-wingk ]
noun
- a towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus, of eastern North America.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chewink1
An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; imitative
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Example Sentences
Across the fields in the early morning I hear some of the rare April birds,—the chewink and the brown thrasher.
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It is no "chewink" at all, but almost as close a reproduction of a cat's mew as is the catbird's well-known call.
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The Chewink (Fringilla erythrophthalma) is a very constant singer during four months of the year, from the middle of April.
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Catch for your next prayer meeting talk a chewink or a brown thresher.
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Most charming was a scion of the chewink family learning to ring his silver bell.
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