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nickerpeckers

nickerpeckers is the plural of nickerpecker.

Meaning of nickerpecker

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

Questions about nickerpeckers

What is nickerpeckers the plural of?
Nickerpeckers is the plural of nickerpecker.

Words near nickerpeckers in the dictionary

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

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