Peckerwood Definition

pĕkər-wo͝od
noun

Poor white.

Webster's New World
A woodpecker.
American Heritage
Used as a disparaging term for a poor white person.
American Heritage
(southern US) A peckerwood sawmill.
Wiktionary

(US, offensive, slang) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.

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Other Word Forms of Peckerwood

Noun

Singular:
peckerwood
Plural:
peckerwoods

Origin of Peckerwood

  • Inversion of woodpecker. Application to white people is due to the perception that the woodpecker is a symbol of whites, whereas the crow is a symbol of blacks.

    From Wiktionary

  • Alteration (by transposition of the two members of the compound) of woodpecker

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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