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Definition of Chewinks
1. chewink [n] - See also: chewink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chewinks
Literary usage of Chewinks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Clear Skies and Cloudy by Charles Conrad Abbott (1898)
"I would like to grow enthusiastic over winter catbirds and chewinks at ...
He hobnobs gracefully with chewinks, and they toss over the dead leaves in ..."
2. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"See and hear chewinks, — all their strains; the same date with last year, by
accident. Many male and female white-throated sparrows feeding on the pasture ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1886)
"... or on field-crops, is ample pretext for a war of extermination on robins,
catbirds and thrashers, jays and chewinks, as well as blackbirds and ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"He has numbered among his intimates, song sparrows, chewinks and chickadees,
squirrels, mice and crows. It will only be necessary to give an extract taken ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"... Blue Jays, and chewinks were abundant. Twenty-five species of birds were observed.
Neither the Wood Thrush nor Wilson's Thrush was seen. ..."
6. The Wilson Bulletin by Wilson Ornithological Club, Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Wilson Ornithological Society (1904)
"Song Sparrows, Chippies, Catbirds, Thrashers, chewinks, Cowbirds, and Indigo
Buntings were always in evidence there. Numbers of water birds were to be seen ..."
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