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: pewee
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: one that is diminutive or small
especially
: a small child
3
: an age-specific level of youth sports
also
: a member of a team in a peewee league
peewee
adjective
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that particular species is the peewee of the salmon world
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Musselman himself played peewee football, and his father played in college.
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Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
Faith closed the peewee season in fifth place in pole bending.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
Smaller varieties, such as baby whole potatoes and peewee potatoes, tend to have thin skins and can be boiled without peeling or cutting.
—Molly Baz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
His voice was pitying and patient, like a peewee-soccer coach imparting a lesson of sportsmanship.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
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Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
Faith closed the peewee season in fifth place in pole bending.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
Smaller varieties, such as baby whole potatoes and peewee potatoes, tend to have thin skins and can be boiled without peeling or cutting.
—Molly Baz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
His voice was pitying and patient, like a peewee-soccer coach imparting a lesson of sportsmanship.
—Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for peewee
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“Peewee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/peewee. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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