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Definition of Peckerwoods
1. peckerwood [n] - See also: peckerwood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peckerwoods
Literary usage of Peckerwoods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Autobiography of Lorenzo Waugh by Lorenzo Waugh (1888)
"So the boys pleased the peckerwoods by boring holes in the gable end of their
father's barn, just as nice as though the peckerwoods had done it for ..."
2. Black Diamonds Gathered in the Darkey Homes of the South by Edward Alfred Pollard (1859)
"I remember well, when we went out hunting—four brothers, with an old flint gun—how,
after shooting a few " peckerwoods " in the orchard, we would go down to ..."
3. Highways and Byways of the Mississippi Valley by Clifton Johnson (1913)
"Then he pointed out a redbird and some "jay birds," and said, "De redbird de
prettiest bird we got. Dar's lots er birds hyar — peckerwoods an' sapsuckers ..."
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