piewipe

See also: pie-wipe and pyewipe

English

Etymology

Imitative of its note.

Noun

piewipe (plural piewipes)

(UK, archaic, dialect, East Anglia, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire) A bird, the lapwing or peewit.
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References

“piewipe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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