Meanings
nountewhit (plural tewhits)
plural tewhits
- alternativeAlternative form of tewit.
Or sit in restful gloaming-tide, 'Neath honeysuckle porch, And watch the tewhits winging low
1899, Elizabeth S. MacQueen MacLeod, Carols of Canada (quoting ...?), page 1411 more example
A fierce rasping noise broke harshly upon the clear atmosphere, mingled with sounds of voices in gossip and laughter; flocks of tewhits (lapwings), their white breasts glittering in the sunlight, swept overhead.
1874, Charles Gibbon, In Honour Bound, volume 2, page 67
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tewhit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tewhit
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“tewhit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tewhit. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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