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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[So called from its note.]

(Zool.)

A common American tyrant flycatcher (

Sayornis phœbe

, or

Sayornis fuscus

). Called also

pewit

, and

phœbe

The woodcock.

[Local, U.S.]

Wood pewee

(Zool.)

a bird (

Contopus virens

) similar to the pewee (See

, 1), but of smaller size.

See also: peewee and pee-wee

pewee ‎(plural pewees)

Common American tyrant flycatchers (of the genus Contopus).
(US, dialect) A woodcock.
An American version of the children's game gilli-danda.
- 1932, "Junius Maltby" by John Steinbeck
  He was clumsy at the new games, but his teachers did not hoot at him. Instead they quarreled for the privilege of showing him how to hold the pewee stick. There are several schools of technique in pewee.