different between plew vs phew

English

Etymology

From Canadian French, from French poilu (“hairy”). Doublet of poilu.

Noun

plew (plural plews)

1. (Canada, US) beaver pelt
   • 1967, John Arkas Hawgood, America's Western Frontiers: The Exploration and Settlement, page 96

     The cured "plew" of the adult beaver weighed about a pound and a half and at best would fetch from four to six dollars a pound at the mountain rendezvous

   • 2001, Armstrong Sperry, Wagons Westward: The Old Trail to Santa Fe page 7

     "The days when a good plew fetched six dollars, beaver or kitten, is over," he grumbled. "The beaver trade's rubbed out, Lank.

   • 2005, Ralph Moody, Stanley Galli, Kit Carson And The Wild Frontier, Page 46

     The price for a pint was a beaver plew or an Indian buffalo robe. Coffee and gunpowder were a plew or a robe a pound, blankets fifteen plews apiece,

Anagrams

• Welp, welp

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl?f/

Noun

plew f

1. genitive plural of plewa

English

Alternative forms

• whew

Etymology

An onomatopoeia: the sound of rapid exhalation one makes when some trying situation is over. Attested since the early seventeenth century. Compare Scots feuch or Spanish fu or Czech fuj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fju?/, [?ju???]
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophone: few

Interjection

phew

1. Used to express relief of tension, fatigue, or surprise.

   Phew, that took a long time to define!

2. Used to show disgust.

   Phew, it stinks in here!

Synonyms

• (expression of disgust): See Thesaurus:yuck

Translations

See also

• whew
• ??? (pheû)