peesweepn.
/ˈpiːzwiːp/, U.S. /ˈpizˌwip/, Scottish English /ˈpizwip/, Irish English /ˈpiːzwiːp/α. 1700s pisweip, 1700s– peaseweep, 1700s– peesweep, 1800s peasweep, 1800s peeswip, 1800s peezweep, 1800s– peeseweep, 1800s– peesnip (irregular), 1800s– pisweep, 1900s– peezewip.
β. 1900s– peesiewheep, 1900s– peezieweep.
Scottish, English regional (chiefly northern), and Irish English (northern).† 2. The greenfinch, Carduelis chloris. Obsolete. rare.
1. The lapwing, Vanellus vanellus; = peewit n. 1a.
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the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > [noun] > family Charadriidae > member of genus Vanellus > vanellus vanellus (lapwing)
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1772 W. Cullen Lect. Materia Medica 135 I have set down a number of different genera. Ardea, the Heron, and Bittern;..Tringa, the Lapwing, in Scotland the Teachat, and Peaseweep, and Grey Plover.
1796 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVII. 251 Tringa vanellus,..Lapwing, Teuchit, peesweep.
1820 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 6 568 In pursuit of the Whaup and the Peaseweep.
1891 J. M. Barrie Little Minister III. xxxv. 68 The plaintive cry of the peesweep as it rose in the air.
1923 J. Buchan Midwinter iv. 80 If I open that window it will no be a burn in the howe and the peesweeps that I'll hear.
1964 Southern Reporter 7 May 11 The peaseweeps' call often makes me sad.
2002 Belfast News Let. (Nexis) 26 June 7 I have always seen peesweep about the place but never thought anything of it. I have since realised that they are becoming increasing scarce in Northern Ireland.
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1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 59 Greenfinch..Peasweep. Because one of its notes, sounding thus, closely resembles that of the peewit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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