"peckerwood" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

Forms: peckerwoods [plural]
  1. Pivert.
    Sense id: fr-peckerwood-en-noun-LXgIW-Dq Categories (other): Oiseaux en anglais, Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais, Anglais des États-Unis Topics: ornithology
  2. Blanc pauvre du Sud des Etats-Unis, petit Blanc. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-peckerwood-en-noun-7bMe3YXM Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Métaphores en anglais
  3. Blanc raciste. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: fr-peckerwood-en-noun-IxN3~G1c Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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