pecker n.2
1. courage.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Swell’s Night Guide 51: Fuzzy had got his pecker up, and was stalling up to Sall, but she cut his pitch. | |
| ‘The Haughty Actor’ Fifty ‘Bab’ Ballads 244: Dispirited became our friend – / Depressed his moral pecker. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Aus. Sl. Dict. 57: Pecker,‘keep up your pecker’; keep up your courage. | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Dict. Amer. Sl. | |
| When the Green Woods Laugh (1985) 263: Got your pecker up all right now, haven’t you? [...] Not down in the dumps now, are you? | |
| Dreamcatcher 327: Since they’d seen what happened to that banker from Massachusetts who tried to run, their peckers had wilted considerably, poor fellows. | |
| Donnybrook [ebook] ‘Boy got more pecker than he do brains’. |
2. (orig. US, also peck) the penis; a generic term for sex.
| ‘The Joy of the Brave’ in Rakish Rhymer (1917) 101: She gllave me to feel that nought would suffice / But stiff sturdy pecker, so proud with desire. [Ibid.] ‘F-cking on the Sly’ 140: Again the wayward pecker press’d Her c—t. | |
| Stag Party n.p.: My pecker got hard behind the tree / [...] / And I found I had no inclination to pee. | |
| anonymous doggerel in Rationale of the Dirty Joke (1968) I 109: The woodpecker pecked on the schoolhouse door / And he pecked and he pecked till his pecker was sore. | |
| Memoirs of Madge Buford 138: When he left, a pecker pronely pulseless or testicles more wholly empty could not be found in the buttock wagging world. | |
| in Ozark Folksongs and Folklore (1992) I 455: I come once an’ my pecker got sore, Li’l Liza Jane. | |
| Companion Volume 247: He’d like to put his pecker into something warm and hollow. | |
| Tropic of Capricorn (1964) 75: I unbuttoned my fly and got my pecker out. | |
| letter 25 Mar. in Charters I (1995) 54: They can have their peckers hanging out for all I care. | |
| ‘I Left the Mess-Room Early’ in Airman’s Song Book (1945) 49: The morning air was cold, which made my pecker freeze. | |
| Go, Man, Go! 88: I’ll singe your goddamn hair off and burn your pecker to a cinder. | |
| Limericks 15: The cube of its weight / Times his pecker, plus eight. | |
| Last Exit to Brooklyn 83: He sorta looked like the bike was growin outtaim; like he had a bike between his legs instead of a pecka. | |
| Great Santini (1977) 312: Mine’s a lot bigger than that little dried up piece of shit you call a pecker. | |
| Paco’s Story (1987) 10: Give the old pecker a few tugs for the practice. | |
| Homeboy 85: Marty was crying again and his little pecker was all shrunk. | |
| Indep. Information 4–10 Sept. 34: He’s poked his pecker in some sorry trash bins. | |
| Nature Girl 54: Touched where? [...] Just on your pecker? | |
| Thrill City [ebook] His pecker needs a woman’s touch, more like. | |
| (con. 1973) Johnny Porno 30: You pray to him to find your pecker? | |
| Guardian On Line 9 Aug. 🌐 The pecker pecking order, if you will: the bigger the mister, the bigger the man. | |
| August Snow [ebook] ‘Call me ‘Auggie’ again and I’ll shoot you in your pecker’. | |
| Blacktop Wasteland 50: ‘The manager is this big bull dyke who probably got a strap-on pecker bigger than yours and mine put together’. |
3. a general term of abuse.
| Thieves’ Market 108: ‘Get him giving me the eye,’ the trucker said. ‘Go ahead, burn a hole in me, you pecker.’. | |
| Paradise Alley (1978) 52: I’m tough an’ nervy, but my kid brother, who should be a real rough pecker, iz about as mean as a daisy. | |
| Bonfire of the Vanities 43: You shriveled little pecker. |
4. (US/Can.) a young child.
![[Can]](/static/img/flags/can.png "Canada") | Totally True Diaries of an Eighties Roller Queen 🌐 15 Aug. This little pecker named Johnny used to live down the street from us. We saw his mother in a big white house with some blonde guy. |
5. see peckerhead
In compounds
a health check, looking for symptoms of VD.
| Nam (1982) 209: A couple of guys who have been [...] giggling over pecker checks for ten years. | |
| (con. c.1970) Phantom Blooper 188: Them chuck squid pecker-checkers were number one. |
(US) smegma.
| Alt. Eng. Dict. 🌐 pecker cheese (compound noun, non-count) smegma. Not used in polite company. |
(US) an objectionable, aggressive person; also attrib.
| letter 23 Aug. in Charters I (1995) 91: You were right about my ‘peckerhead romanticism’. | |
| Plunder (2005) 211: Business before pleasure, peckerhead! | |
| Hall of Mirrors (1987) 312: The old man sneered, ‘you ain’t but a big young peckerhead’. | |
| Go-Boy! 26: Well, well, if it ain’t little peckerhead’s silent partner. | |
| Lex. of Cadet Lang. 262: One respondent suggested that peckerhead is peculiarly a West Point term, but it seems common enough in general American usage. | |
 | Big Ben Kennedy.com Journal 24 Jul. 🌐 ‘Can I not cuss for 3 hours?’ I should be able to, but just in case let me get it out of my system now... Shit, Fuck, Bitch, Cocksucker, Motherfucker, [...] Pecker Head. | |
| Frank Sinatra in a Blender [ebook] ‘This guy’s a peckerhead,’ said Doyle. ‘Fucking crybaby,’ Big Tony added. | |
| Bad Sex on Speed 25: A peckerhead tweaker trying to fry Jews and Mexicans out of his brainpan. | |
| Cherry 45: He’d start talking about this punk and that peckerhead and the other turkey. |
(US prison) a room set aside for conjugal visits.
| Other Side of the Wall: Prisoner’s Dict. July 🌐 Pecker Palace: A place for conjugal visits. |
1. a male masturbator.
| Auntie’s Naughty Boys n.p.: ‘[Y]ou guys wanna see me fuck my aunt?’ ‘Aw — come on, stop kidding, Herbie,’ the pecker-puller said. | |
| Sebastian’s Cross 129: ‘What it does [...] is help you get your rocks off you old pecker-puller’. | |
| Mr. Radio 90: Kids also called Charlie ‘Three-fingered Pecker Puller’ after Father Fraction [...] caught Charlie playing pocket pool in class. | |
| Original...Tale of Ricky Sweetman 317: ‘Goddamn pecker puller!’ the old guy yelled. |
2. an act of male masturbation.
| Pinole Syndrome 24: In Michigan a judge [...] was disbarred for trying to coerce two women into sexual relationsships in exchange for leniency [...] He’d still have his judgeship if he had exhausted his sexual proclivities with a ‘pecker-puller’ like his Oklahoma colleague. |
(US) a brothel.
| Actionable Offenses ‘Slim Hadley on a Racket’ (2007) [cylinder recording ENMS 30184] ‘Is this the flesh factory?’ ‘What?’ ‘I said is this a — pecker shop?’ ‘What d’you want?’ ‘I want a fuck, what the hell d’you s’pose?’. |
(US) semen.
| ‘First Blowjob’ on Flashbacks at NationalLampoon.com 🌐 ‘A blowjob,’ Mr. Phillips repeated. ‘You know, when a fellow forces his dork down your throat and makes you suck on it until he eventually shoots his pecker-snot all over your tonsils.’. |
(US) semen left on a sheet or other similar object after intercourse or, usu., masturbation.
| letter in Charters (1993) 203: We did it in so many places that Denver was covered with our peckertracks. | |
| Queens’ Vernacular 147: pecker-tracks semen stains on sheets or clothing. | |
| Alt. Eng. Dict. 🌐 pecker tracks (compound noun, count) Sperm left over on a sheet or other similar object after masturbation is complete. | |
| (con. 1998–2000) You Got Nothing Coming 110: The superior boxer shorts are those with minimal (or no) shit stains or pecker tracks. |
In phrases
see under dead adj.
to stay cheerful, despite possible adversity; often as imp. keep your pecker up!
| Adventures of Mr Verdant Green (1982) I 127: Keep your pecker up, old feller! | |
| Melbourne Punch 9 Aug. 6/2: ‘Slangiana’ [...] ‘Come, keep your pecker up’ aloud / He said. | |
| Trail of the Serpent 181: ‘Keep up your pecker,’ them’s his words. | |
| Leaves from Diary of Celebrated Burglar 133/2: So ’oud up th’ ‘pickir’ an’ thau maiy ’ave ’er afoar tu-morrow nyght. | |
| Dick Temple I 257: Them words of encouragement helped me [...] to keep my pecker up. | |
| Bulletin (Sydney) 26 Mar. 4/4: You are by no means the first distinguished journalist [...] that has been instructed by the Sydney Bulletin. “‘eep your pecker up,’ and mind your hair strokes. | |
| Fifth Form at St Dominic’s (1890) 36: ‘It’s hard lines at first. Keep your pecker up, young ‘un’. | |
| Robbery Under Arms (1922) 243: Keep up your pecker, old man. | |
| Bulletin (Sydney) 19 July 9/1: Of the ‘representative’ defendants in the Premier Building Association case, little Mirams best keeps up his pecker. | |
| in Punch 26 Nov. 245: Ta, ta, old cock—keep your pecker up. | |
| Lord Jim 32: He had every facility given him to remain under lock and key, with a chair, a table, a mattress in the corner, and a litter of fallen plaster on the floor, in an irrational state of funk, and keeping up his pecker with such tonics as Mariani dispensed. | |
| Conversational Hints 177: Ta, ta, old cock – keep your pecker up! | |
| Aus. Felix (1971) 253: No matter how black things looked, I always kept my pecker up. | |
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | Ulysses 312: Keep your pecker up, says Joe. She’d have won the money only for the other dog. | |
| ‘Contract of Corporal Twing’ in O’Brien & Cournos Best Short Stories 327: Keep your pecker up and carry on. | |
| Family from One End Street 135: Keep your pecker up, old man [...] where there’s life, they says, there’s hope! | |
| Horse’s Mouth (1948) 102: Motto: KEEP YOUR PECKER UP, OLD COCK. / HERE’S THE CHOPPER COMING. | |
| in Rationale of the Dirty Joke (1972) I 236: A boatload of American soldiers is met by British girls shouting, ‘Keep your pecker up, chum!’. | |
| Derby Dly Teleg. 29 Dec. 9/2: [headline] Keeping Their Pecker Up. | |
| (con. 1940s) Confessions 118: Keep your pecker up and stick to your story. | |
| Inside the Und. 167: The wife keeps her pecker up. | |
| Public Burning (1979) 257: Keep the Incarnation’s pecker up. | |
![[Scot]](/static/img/flags/sco.png "Scotland") | Filth 282: Merry Christmas! Keep the pecker up! | |
| Indep. Rev. 18 Oct. 1: I say pecker up. | |
| Motivated Mind 127: While overconfidence will help you keep your pecker up it won't necessarily help you achieve all your goals. | |
| (con. 1980s) Skagboys 158: Ye cannae let them beat ye and grind ye doon. Pecker up at aw times. |
(US) to interfere; to become involved.
| Green River Rising 20: Don’t stick your pecker in. Anywhere. |