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peckerwood (iou)



peckerwood noun & adjective. US. M19.
[from WOODPECKER with reversal of the elems.]
A. noun.
A woodpecker. dial. M19.
A white person, esp. a poor one. Black slang. E20.
b. adjective. Small, insignificant; inferior. Chiefly dial. M19.
Newsweek Conditions encourage not the efficient experienced producers but the peckerwood..operators.