pecker

American  

[pek-er] / ˈpɛk ər /

noun

1. a person or thing that pecks. peck.

2. a bird's bill.

3. a woodpecker.

4. Slang: Vulgar. penis.

5. British Slang. one's spirits or courage.

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pecker British  

/ ˈpɛkə /

noun

1. slang spirits (esp in the phrase keep one's pecker up )

2. informal short for woodpecker

3. slang a slang word for penis

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Etymology

Origin of pecker

First recorded in 1580–90; peck ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

"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

Ta-ta, old man; keep your pecker up till I come, and then mind your eye!

From The Master of the Shell by Reed, Talbot Baines

All around reigned holy silence, Only heard there was the hammering Of the pecker on the pine-trees.

From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

“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

Shields rode out and hunted in the morning without Suckcess he returned at 11 A.M. having killed only a black wood pecker with a red breast as discribed hereafter.

From The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by Lewis, Meriwether

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