Meanings
nounpiewipe (plural piewipes)
plural piewipes · alternative pie-wipe · alternative pyewipe
- East AngliaUKarchaicdialectalA bird, the lapwing or peewit.
looking for a watch and purse on Battersby piewipes was very like looking for a needle in a bundle of hay
1873–1884 (date written), Samuel Butler, edited by R[ichard] A[lexander] Streatfeild, The Way of All Flesh, London: Grant Richards, published 1903, →OCLC
Origin
Imitative of its note.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
piewipe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piewipe
MLA
“piewipe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piewipe. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “piewipe,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piewipe.
Source: piewipe on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.