pewee — ozdic

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noun

1

Any of various tyrant flycatchers of the genus Contopus.

2

A woodcock.

3

An American version of the children's game gilli-danda.

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.

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noun — small olive-colored woodland flycatchers of eastern North Am

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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 pew

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