sweetmeats

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Its shell, broad and ancient, was fringed with green moss, and its scaly armpits exposed, were decked with leeches, at which a couple of peetweets pecked with eager interest, apparently to the monster's satisfaction.

From Rolf in the Woods by Seton, Ernest Thompson

Paddling along the eastern side of the lake in the still of the morning, we soon saw a few sheldrakes, which the Indian called Shecorways, and some peetweets on the rocky shore.

From Canoeing in the wilderness by Thoreau, Henry David