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
This home has a large and beautiful living room paneled and beamed in "pecky cypress", and it was there J. Frank Durham got his idea of paneling the new Durham Building here in the City.
From Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' by Hay, Douglas (Douglas N.)
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
Add to this hickory cut for fuel in localities with no transportation facilities, and the heart, pecky, and other portions wasted, and the total soon amounts to 400,000,000 feet.
From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress
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