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peasweep

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The pewit, or lapwing.
  • noun The greenfinch.

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  • noun UK, dialect The peewit, or lapwing.
  • noun UK, dialect The greenfinch.

Etymologies

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So called from its note.

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Examples

  • The very birds seemed to shun these wastes, and no wonder, since they had an easy method of escaping from them; — at least I only heard the monotonous and plaintive cries of the lapwing and curlew, which my companions denominated the peasweep and whaup.

    Rob Roy 2005

  • The very birds seemed to shun these wastes, and no wonder, since they had an easy method of escaping from them; --- at least I only heard the monotonous and plaintive cries of the lapwing and curlew, which my companions denominated the peasweep and whaup.

    Rob Roy 1887

  • The peasweep aye cries farthest frae his ain nest.

    The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836

  • The very birds seemed to shun these wastes, and no wonder, since they had an easy method of escaping from them; -- at least I only heard the monotonous and plaintive cries of the lapwing and curlew, which my companions denominated the peasweep and whaup.

    Rob Roy — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

  • The very birds seemed to shun these wastes, and no wonder, since they had an easy method of escaping from them; -- at least I only heard the monotonous and plaintive cries of the lapwing and curlew, which my companions denominated the peasweep and whaup.

    Rob Roy — Complete Walter Scott 1801

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