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Revised 2005 More entries for pew

pewinterjection

  1. 1604–
    Expressing contempt, disgust, or derision. Cf. pooh int., phew int.
    1. 1604
      Pue, thou giuest no good reason, Thou speakest like a foole.
      J. Marston & J. Webster, Malcontent (new edition) i. vii. sig. C4
    2. a1625
      Pew, nothing, the law Shallicke cuts him off.
      J. Fletcher, Noble Gentleman iii. iv, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher, Comedies & Tragedies (1647) sig. Ee3v/2
    3. 1658
      Pew, you dotard, doest think I will be frighted out of my Boy.
      W. Chamberlayne, Loves Victory i. i. 2
    4. 1678
      Peuh! you are mistaken.
      E. Ravenscroft, English Lawyer iii. i. 32
    5. 1787
      Peugh! Pfha! Pfha! What can this be?
      R. P. Jodrell, Disguise ii. ii, in Select Dramatic Pieces 234
    6. 1853
      Peuh! a titmouse catcher!
      B. Webster, Man of Law iv. 47
    7. 1858
      Is this the place? Peuh!
      E. Bulwer-Lytton, What will he do with It? (Tauchnitz edition) vol. III. vi. vi. 167
    8. 1941
      Pew! what an ungratefulness and unwontness the man is grown unto!
      E. R. Eddison, Fish Dinner ix. 164
    9. 1990
      Sometimes when I saw my boyfriend right afterward, he'd pull his head back from my stinky hair and say, ‘Pew: therapy!’
      S. Miller, Family Pictures ii. xiii. 261