单词 | peewit land |
释义 | > as lemmaspeewit land peewit land n. English regional (now rare) poor undrained land of the kind inhabited by peewits (sense 1a). ΚΠ 1877 E. Leigh Gloss. Words Dial. Cheshire 153 Peewit Land, moist, spongy land such as is frequented by peewits. 1889 Lincs. Notes & Queries 1 13 I have heard Lincolnshire rustics speak of poor, moist, rush-growing land as ‘Peewit Land’, as those birds love to frequent such spots. < as lemmas |
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