nickerpecker

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noun

A woodpecker (bird).

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Meanings

nounnickerpecker (plural nickerpeckers)

plural nickerpeckers

  1. UKdialectalA 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
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APA

nickerpecker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nickerpecker

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“nickerpecker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nickerpecker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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