"featherwood" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-featherwood.ogg [Australia] Forms: featherwoods [plural]
Etymology: Blend of feather + peckerwood Etymology templates: {{blend|en|feather|peckerwood}} Blend of feather + peckerwood Head templates: {{en-noun}} featherwood (plural featherwoods)
  1. (prison slang) A white female inmate, especially one who is racist or who is a member of a race-based prison gang. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Female people Related terms: peckerwood, woodpile
    Sense id: en-featherwood-en-noun-w~0~1-Q~ Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English ethnic slurs

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