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nickerpecker

nickerpecker noun: a woodpecker (bird).

Noun

nickerpecker (plural nickerpeckers)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A woodpecker (bird).
    • And I can hear, as luck may hap, / The nickerpecker's 'tap, tap, tap', / The grindstone's hiss, the tilt's 'rap, rap', / As if I was in Sheffield.2015, Tim Lynch, Great War Britain Sheffield: Remembering 1914-18

Forms of nickerpecker

pluralnickerpeckers

Questions about nickerpecker

What does nickerpecker mean?
Nickerpecker means a woodpecker (bird).
What part of speech is nickerpecker?
Nickerpecker is a noun.
What is the plural of nickerpecker?
The plural of nickerpecker is nickerpeckers.

Words near nickerpecker in the dictionary

  1. nickered
  2. nickering
  3. nickerings
  4. nickernut
  5. nickernuts
  6. nickerpecker
  7. nickerpeckers
  8. nickers
  9. Nickerson
  10. nickety-knock
  11. Nickey

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