[Ads-l] Better Antedating of "Peckerwood" (White Person)

[Shapiro, Fred]

peckerwood (OED, 2., 1928)

1908 Muskogee (Okla.) Cimeter 19 June 1/1 (Newspapers.com)

The peckerwoods in Ark.were struck with wonder as they gazed on a private car composed of what they termed "them niggers" from Oklahoma.

Fred Shapiro

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