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peetweet

[ peet-weet ]

noun

  1. the spotted sandpiper.


peetweet

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noun

  1. another name for the spotted sandpiper
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of peetweet1

1830–40, Americanism; imitative rhyming compound; pewee, pewit
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of peetweet1

C19: imitative of its cry
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Every bird that flies had come to the Father, but the peetweet had come last because he was lazy.

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But the peetweet went on, "I should think the lakes could find their way into the hollows of the mountains by themselves."

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That is why the peetweet flies over river and lake, but ever cries eagerly, "Peet-weet, peet-weet!" for that is his word for "Rain, rain!"

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The Father heard the lazy peetweet, and he said, "Do you not wish to show the waters where to go?"

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Peetweet took a keen interest; so did the city boy.

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