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NICKNAME FOR WHITE PEOPLE
INFORMANT HAS A YOUNG BLACK GIRL FOR A SECRETARY AT HIS PLACE
OF EMPLOYMENT. ONE DAY IN CONVERSATION SHE SAID TO INFORMANT,
"YOU'RE JUST A PECK OF WOOD." WHEN INFORMANT ASKED THE GIRL FOR
AN EXPLANATION SHE SAID THAT WAS A WAY THAT BLACK PEOPLE HAD FOR
DESCRIBING WHITE PEOPLE; "PECKERWOOD."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 10-00-1970