peckerwood
[ pek-er-woo d ]
/ ˈpɛk ərˌwʊd /
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.
Words nearby peckerwood
pechenga, pechora, peck, peck's bad boy, pecker, peckerwood, pecking order, peckinpah, peckish, pecksniff, pecksniffian
Origin of peckerwood
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Examples from the Web for peckerwood
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 Daviess