Pewee vs Pewed - What's the difference?
pewee | pewed |
Common American tyrant flycatchers (of the genus Contopus ).
(US, dialect) A woodcock.
An American version of the children's game
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(pew)
One of the long benches in a church, seating several persons, usually fixed to the floor and facing the chancel.
An enclosed compartment in a church which provides seating for a group of people, often a prominent family.
* 2006 September 11, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, "Bush Mourns 9/11 at Ground Zero as N.Y. Remembers", [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/11/nyregion/nyregionspecial3/11bush.html]
Any structure shaped like a church pew, such as a stall, formerly used by money lenders, etc.; a box in a theatre; or a pen or sheepfold.
As a noun pewee
is common american tyrant flycatchers (of the genus contopus ).As a verb pewed is
(pew).pewee
English
(wikipedia pewee) (Contopus)Noun
(en noun)- 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 .
Derived terms
* wood peweeSee also
* (wikipedia "pewee")pewed
English
Verb
(head)pew
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) pewe, from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- ''In many churches some pews are reserved for either clerical or liturgical officials such as canons, or for prominent families
- At St. Patrick’s Cathedral, firefighters in dress blues and white gloves escorted families to the pews for a memorial service, led by Mr. Bloomberg, to honor the 343 Fire Department employees killed on 9/11.
- (Samuel Pepys)
- (Milton)