pecky
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pecky
Example Sentences
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Two bedrooms, two baths, dining and living rooms, fireplace, French doors, pecky cypress doors, ceiling, floors and trim; archways, custom staircase, murals and intricate mosaics; 1,346 square feet.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 14, 2021
It looked very much like what I’d seen of the rest of the courthouse, circa 1950 or so, with pecky linoleum tiles and paneling that was yellowed and sticky-looking with honey-colored varnish.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Sometimes as in "pecky" or "peggy" cypress, 235 the decayed tracts are tubular.
From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William
You always have known, or Martha has, that nobody can have everything just as they want it, and people will be pecky sometimes, and there will come down days as well as up ones.
From Miss Gibbie Gault by Bosher, Kate Langley
Remarks: Forms forests in swamps; subject to a fungous disease, making wood "peggy" or "pecky"; use largely determined by its durability.
From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William
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