DCHP-1 Online
chewee cheweek, chewink, pewee [imitative] 
n. the eastern towhee, Pipilo erythrophthalmus.
- 1823 The following catalogue contains a list of most of the known birds of the Province . . . Towhe Bird (or Pewee or Cheweek). . . .
- 1897 Again I would hear . . . the chewee, crying "Chewee, chewee," as it starts from a brush heap.
- 1823 The following catalogue contains a list of most of the known birds of the Province . . . Towhe Bird (or Pewee or Cheweek). . . .