Meanings
nounyockel (plural yockels)
plural yockels
- UKdialectalrareThe yaffle or green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
Mr. F.C. Birkbeck Terry quoting from the Rev. C. Swainson's “Folklore of British Birds” gives yockel as the local Salopian name for the green woodpecker. ¶ Can any readers of Salopian Shreds and Patches give instances of localities for these names?
May 19, 1886, W.B., “Shropshire Birds”, in Salopian Shreds and Patches, page 114
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Origin
Variant of hickwall, influenced by yaffle.
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yockel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yockel
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