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peckerwood
[ pek-er-wood ]
/ ˈpɛk ərˌwʊd /
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noun
Midland and Southern U.S. woodpecker.
Southern U.S. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. poor white.
adjective
Southern U.S. small or insignificant: He makes a living farming and running a peckerwood sawmill.
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Origin of peckerwood
Words nearby peckerwood
pêche Melba, Pechenga, Pechora, peck, pecker, peckerwood, pecking order, Peckinpah, peckish, Peck's Bad Boy, pecksniff
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How to use peckerwood in a sentence
Perhaps I didn't quite believe in the red-headed Peckerwood myself just then, and felt unable to incarnate him to Matthew.
The Golden Bird|Maria Thompson DaviessMatthew lingered behind the others and helped me feed the old red ally and Mrs. Ewe and Peckerwood Pup.
The Golden Bird|Maria Thompson DaviessYer see Doctr Peckerwood want ter git sum news long wid de symptoms.
Bypaths in Dixie|Sarah Johnson CockeDoctr Peckerwood ax him wharbouts he hut, an wharbouts he come fum, an whats his name, an whut he bin eatin?
Bypaths in Dixie|Sarah Johnson Cocke