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peck
noun- a poor white Southerner; any white person US
A shortened form of PECKERWOOD- “And a peck come right after–I was standing right there–and he signed him up right away.” — Chester Himes, If He Hollers Let Him Go, p. 12, 1945
- “One of them pecks from down home.” — Herbert Simmons, Corner Boy, p. 119, 1957
- — Current Slang, p. 4, Fall 1966
- Of course, a poor white peck will cuss. A poor white peck will cuss worse’n a nigger. — Cecil Brown, The Life & Loves of Mr. Jiveass Nigger, p. 6, 1969
- a slight or perfunctory kiss UK, 1893
- — Brent Curtis and John Eldredge, The Sacred Romance, p. 131, 1997
- on the railways, the lunch period US
- — Ramon Adams, The Language of the Railroader, p. 113, 1977
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