peetweet

[ peet-weet ]

/ ˈpit wit /

the spotted sandpiper.

Origin of peetweet

1830–40, Americanism; imitative rhyming compound; cf. pewee, pewit

peerage, peerce, peeress, peerie, peerless, peetweet, peeve, peeved, peevers, peevish, peewee

Peetweet was much upset by this, not on account of fire now, but in case they should be out all night.

Two Little Savages |Ernest Thompson Seton
Every bird that flies had come to the Father, but the peetweet had come last because he was lazy.

The Book of Nature Myths |Florence Holbrook
That is why the peetweet flies over river and lake, but ever cries eagerly, "Peet-weet, peet-weet!"

The Book of Nature Myths |Florence Holbrook
Say, Peetweet, you'll suffer for that if you don't quit; that water isn't fit to drink unless you boil it.

Two Little Savages |Ernest Thompson Seton

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

The Book of Nature Myths |Florence Holbrook

peetweet

/ (ˈpiːtˌwiːt) /

US another name for the spotted sandpiper

C19: imitative of its cry