[Ads-l] Antedating of "Peckerwood"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Peckerwood (OED, 2., 1928)

1923 Kansas City Call 14 Dec. 10 (ProQuest)

Mentioning the Negro in an annual message is something unusual and it goes without saying that the peckerwoods of the Anglo-Saxon sout are all het up over it.

Fred Shapiro

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