peckawood

This is an old southern term used by my grandmother. It is a disrespectful term for a white person similar to "cracker" or "honky." I believe it comes from the fact that woodpeckers have reddish hair up top like white people.

That 'ole peckawood tried to steal my land.

by Ken May 4, 2004

peckawood

The correct word is peck of wood. It was used by slaves to describe the worth of a white man that was the overseer. The slaves pronounced it as peckawood and the word evolved to peckerwood with wealthy whites wanting to seperate themselves from the lessor whites than themselves. I'm 62 years old and i was told this by my grandfather when i was a young man.

That white man ain't worth a peckawood

by HACHA HATAK October 15, 2018

Peckawood

A peck of wood is the smallest weight of wood

The white man is not worth peckawood

by sterlin silva January 28, 2019

Mister Peckawood

Man with 103 inch dick.

I was walking down the street when i stepped on something; it was mister peckawood.

by TGL February 13, 2010

peckerwood

A peckerwood is a rural white southerner, usually poor, undereducated or otherwise ignorant and bigoted, the term gained popularity in the deep south during the early twentieth century and was meant to be derogatory. It is a reversal of the name of the red bellied woodpecker which had a patch of red on the back of it’s head and neck, therefore a peckerwood is a redneck, terms that describe similar groups of people are trailer trash or white trash but neither of those have the same effect or ring to them as peckerwood does.
From: "Peckerwood Nation" www.dailykos.com \storyonly/2006/6/28/181447/773

That man was a true peckerwood, born and raised.

by Bry Hink November 25, 2006

PECKERWOOD-JACKASS

Personally-insecure male (usually Caucasian) between ages 19 and 29 who over-gels the top front of his short stringy hair, wears MMA attire or "rapper" fasions, tries in vain to talk in street-lingo and has a very tight leash on his girlfriend who hates him (she's often too young). He typically displays his insecurity when a real man comes around by chirping like an irritating little parakeet.
The Peckerwood-Jackass is also a semi-stalker because he will even snoop around his girlfriend's workplace to make sure she's not being hit on by other guys, though he lacks enough heart to confront the other men, he'll just take it out on her when she gets home.

Dana wore too much damn gel in his short hair and always made it a point to escort his 18-year old girlfriend everywhere she went, even while she's walking her dog and stalking her at her job because he was afraid of other guys hitting on her. He's a Peckerwood-Jackass!

by KnightWrite July 8, 2010

Peckerwood

noun and adjective

a; historically used by black folks in the past in a negative way to speak about or refer to white people they considered to be trashy.
b; label used for white gangster in or out of prison.

What's your release date, peckerwood?

by SuezeeSmurd November 5, 2018