Definitions for peckerwood
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. woodpecker, peckerwood, peckernoun

   bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. peckerwoodnoun

   A woodpecker.

2. peckerwoodnoun

   A peckerwood sawmill.

3. peckerwoodnoun

   A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant or rustic.

4. peckerwoodnoun

   A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.

5. Etymology: Inversion of woodpecker, from the bird seen as the symbol of Whites, as opposed to the black crow, symbol of Blacks.

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1. Peckerwood

   Peckerwood is a term used in the Southern United States for a woodpecker which is also used as an offensive epithet toward white people, especially poor rural whites. Originally an ethnic slur, the term has been embraced by a subculture related to prison gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs. The term was in use as an inversion of woodpecker by the 1830s, with the sense referring to white people documented from the 1850s. African-American folklore in the 1920s contrasted the white "peckerwood" bird with the African-American blackbird. The word became a common term in Jive.

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1. peckerwood

   Peckerwood is a term originating from the Southern region of the United States, typically used derogatorily to refer to white individuals, particularly those of lower socio-economic status. It has also been adopted as a term of identity within some white supremacist and prison gang circles. The term's meanings and connotations have evolved over time and can vary significantly depending on the context in which it is used.

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1. Peckerwood

   Peckerwood is a slur used through the mid 20th century by southern whites to describe poor rural whites. It is roughly synonymous with "cracker," "redneck" and "White trash," more prevalent in the southeast, although the last implies a degree of moral turpitude. Blacks saw blackbirds as a symbol of themselves, and the redheaded woodpecker as a representation of working class whites. They considered them loud and troublesome like the bird, and sometimes with red hair like the woodpecker's head plumes.

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1. peckerwoodnoun

   Derogatory term for a white person. 'You still a nigga, so how da'fu** you figga since you moved out da neighborhood, and datin' a peckerwood, that you're different from the rest of the clan. -- Willie D (U Still a aggiN) I wonder if this term came from the breed of bird called the Ivory Billed Woodpecker, which has a long white beak and uses it to peck for insects in trees?

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1. woodpecker

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of peckerwood in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of peckerwood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=peckerwood
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Peckerwood
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peckerwood
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=peckerwood