peewee
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adjective
1.
very small; tiny.
2.
insignificant or inconsequential: a player sent to the peewee leagues.
noun
3.
a person or thing that is unusually small.
4.
an animal that is small for its kind; runt.
5.
Marbles. a small playing marble, often one made of clay rather than glass.
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peewee (ˈpiːwiː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a variant spelling of pewee |
| 2. | a variant (esp Scot) of peewit |
| 3. | (Austral) another name for magpie lark |
| 4. | (Canadian) |
| a. an age level of 12 to 13 in amateur sport, esp ice hockey | |
| b. (as modifier): peewee hockey | |
| pewee or peewee (ˈpiːwiː) | |
| —n | |
| any of several small North American flycatchers of the genus Contopus, having a greenish-brown plumage | |
| [C19: imitative of its cry] | |
| peewee or peewee | |
| —n | |
| [C19: imitative of its cry] | |
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Word Origin & History
peewee
1877, "small, tiny, for children," a dialect word, possibly a varied reduplication of wee. Attested earlier (1848) as a noun meaning "a small marble." (Baseball Hall-of-Famer Harold "Peewee" Reese got his nickname because he was a marbles champion before he became a Dodgers shortstop.) As a type of bird
(variously applied on different continents) it is attested from 1886, imitative of a bird cry.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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peewee
any of eight species of birds of the genus Contopus (family Tyrannidae); it is named for its call, which is monotonously repeated from an open perch. In North America a sad, clear "pee-oo-wee" announces the presence of the eastern wood pewee (C. virens), while a blurry "peeurrr" is the call of the western wood pewee (C. sordidulus). Some authorities consider the western form to be a race of C. virens. Both forms are plain birds, about 14 cm (6 inches) long, that resemble the eastern phoebe; the two forms differ from the eastern phoebe, however, in being browner and more slender and in having two distinct whitish wing bars
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The park has a rock crawling section, peewee track and mud bogs.
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