peckerwood
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peckerwood/ˈpɛkəwʊd/
▶noun US informal, often derogatory a white person, especially a poor one.
– origin 1920s: from a reversal of the elements of woodpecker, orig. a dial. word for the bird.
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