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

a racial name for white people , like cracker and peckerwood. A name used by other races to name a white person.

look at that smart-ass racist peckerwood .

by horuspeckerwood May 26, 2018

peckerwood

Racist term for white man. honkey, whitey, cracker

All these peckerwoods tryin' to hold a brotha down.

by Tim June 18, 2006

peckerwood

In prison, a white guy who will put up a fight.

On the inside, you're either a white boy, or a peckerwood.

by Envenible February 20, 2009

peckerwood

A white person or craka

I bought my car from that peckerwood down the street.

by Da Professa May 13, 2005

peckerwood

A word that describes ignorant loud mouth, unclassy, rural class whites. They also have the tendency being racist toward most races and are uneducated and misinformed.

Damn dog, that dude is acting like peckerwood, being a loud mouth and shit. He is speaking ignorant about African Americans too. What a racist!!

by Sadeek ameen October 15, 2013

peckerwood

Usually used as a way to describe white guys who aren't afraid to fight in prison.

"Those Aryan Brotherhood boys are some real peckerwoods, not like the punk that just moved in my cell."

by Woody14 March 22, 2007