pecker
Americannoun
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a person or thing that pecks.
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a bird's bill.
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a woodpecker.
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Slang: Vulgar. penis.
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British Slang. one's spirits or courage.
noun
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slang spirits (esp in the phrase keep one's pecker up )
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informal short for woodpecker
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slang a slang word for penis
Etymology
Origin of pecker
Example Sentences
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"Thank you so much to everyone that has bought it - I hope you're having as much fun listening to it as I had making it. Keep your pecker up and all the very best."
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2014
He never bores a tree to get insects as his cousins do, for only when a nest must be chiseled out is he a wood pecker in the strict sense.
From Birds Every Child Should Know by Blanchan, Neltje
“We’re just off Beachy Head, and you must lie where you are till mornin’; but, as you must be famished by now, I’ve brought you a bit of grub to keep your pecker up.
From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by Overend, William Heysham
"Them strangers an' grandpap an' Uncle Arch—an' another rock- pecker."
From The Heart of the Hills by Fox, John
“Keep your pecker up, and if you’ll take the advice of an old sailor, I’d recommend you to write to your friends and go home.”
From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by Overend, William Heysham
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