Associations to the word «Peckerwood»

Wiktionary

PECKERWOOD, noun. (Southern US) (slang) A woodpecker.
PECKERWOOD, noun. (Southern US) A peckerwood sawmill.
PECKERWOOD, noun. (US) (offensive) (slang) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
PECKERWOOD, noun. (prison slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.
PECKERWOOD SAWMILL, noun. A small-scale sawmill, often with older equipment not capable of producing wood of uniform dimension.
PECKERWOOD SAWMILL, noun. (Southern US) Any small-scale production operation.

Dictionary definition

PECKERWOOD, noun. Bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects.

Wise words

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