"peckerwood sawmill" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: peckerwood sawmills [plural]
Etymology: Apparently coined as a pejorative by the organized lumber-products industry. Head templates: {{en-noun}} peckerwood sawmill (plural peckerwood sawmills)
  1. A small-scale sawmill, often with older equipment not capable of producing wood of uniform dimension. Categories (topical): Timber industry Translations (small-scale sawmill): piensaha (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-peckerwood_sawmill-en-noun-5247Tuku Disambiguation of Timber industry: 67 33 Disambiguation of 'small-scale sawmill': 79 21
  2. (Southern US) Any small-scale production operation. Tags: Southern-US
    Sense id: en-peckerwood_sawmill-en-noun-s-U~JDkT Categories (other): Southern US English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56

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