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Peckinpah

[ pek-uhn-pah ]
/ ˈpɛk ənˌpɑ /

noun

David Samuel "Sam", 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.

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Words nearby Peckinpah

Pechora, peck, pecker, peckerwood, pecking order, Peckinpah, peckish, Peck's Bad Boy, pecksniff, Pecksniffian, pecky
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Peckinpah
/ (ˈpɛkɪnˌpɑː) /

noun

Sam (uel David). 1926–84, US film director, esp of Westerns, such as The Wild Bunch (1969). Among his other films are Straw Dogs (1971), Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), and Cross of Iron (1977)
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