peckerwood
peck·er·wood
noun \ˈpe-kər-ˌwu̇d\Definition of PECKERWOOD
often disparaging
: a rural white Southerner
Origin of PECKERWOOD
probably inversion of woodpecker
First Known Use: 1904
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