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Definition of Peewits
1. peewit [n] - See also: peewit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peewits
Literary usage of Peewits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nature in Downland by William Henry Hudson (1906)
"... downs—Birds wintering in the maritime district—Character of the district—
Birdham—Books and starlings—Skylarks and finches—Dun- nock and wren—peewits on ..."
2. An English Village: A New Ed. of Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies, Clifton Johnson (1903)
"NOTES ON BIRDS — NIGHTINGALES — CHAFFINCHES — MIGRATION PACKING INTERMARRIAGE
peewits — CROWS — CUCKOOS — GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. THE nightingale is one of the ..."
3. A Tour in Sutherlandshire: With Extracts from the Field-books of a Sportsman by Charles St. John (1849)
"... and Morillon — Plovers — Widgeon; habits of in Feeding ; occasionally breed
in Scotland —- Sands of the Bay — Flounders — Herons — Curlews, peewits, &c. ..."
4. Surrey by Walter Jerrold (1901)
"ITINERARY THE FIFTH IN THE HOLMESDALE COUNTRY The unconquerable dale—A district
of contrasts—Of byways— Primrose paths — peewits and their ways — Bellaggio— ..."
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