Pecknarm
Pecknarm proper noun: peckham (a suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England).
Proper noun
Pecknarm
- Peckham (a suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England).
- A Ghetto Boy told journalist Donal MacIntyre: ‘If any of those Peckham Boys come over to New Cross, this will happen.’ And he ran his finger across his throat. MacIntyre asked if the war between the Ghetto Boys and the ‘Pecknarm’ — the slang name for Peckham – was about drugs.2010, Nigel Cawthorne, “The Peckham Boys” (chapter 1), in The World's Most Evil Gangsters, London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 14
Forms of Pecknarm
| alternative form | Pecknam |
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Origin of Pecknarm
Blend of Peckham + Vietnam, as an analogy between Peckham's high level of violence and the Vietnam War.
Questions about Pecknarm
- What does Pecknarm mean?
- Pecknarm means peckham (a suburb of the borough of Southwark, Greater London, England).
- What part of speech is Pecknarm?
- Pecknarm is a proper noun.
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