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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024peck•er•wood (pek′ər wŏŏd′),USA pronunciation n. - Dialect Terms[Midland and Southern U.S.]woodpecker.
- Dialect Terms[Southern U.S. Slang](disparaging and offensive). See poor white.
adj. - Dialect Terms[Southern U.S.]small or insignificant:He makes a living farming and running a peckerwood sawmill.
- 1825–35, American; pecker + wood1; inversion of woodpecker
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