peckerwood

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

peckerwoodspeckawood

1.
(Appalachia, Southern US, slang)A woodpecker.
2.
(Appalachia, Southern US)A peckerwood sawmill.
3.
(US, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur)(US, offensive, slang, ethnic slur) A white person, especially a Southerner, or one who is ignorant, rustic, or bigoted.
4.
(slang)(prison slang) A white (male) inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

redneckwhite person white personrustic redneckwhitey

Cùng gốc / liên quan

featherwoodwood woodpilewood, woodpilepeckerhead

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Nguồn gốc từ

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