pecker

Example Sentences

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"Thank you so much to everyone that has bought it - I hope you're having as much fun listening to it as I had making it. Keep your pecker up and all the very best."

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2014

Keep your pecker up, James,' he added, in a tone which the patron and the bully spoke at once.

From VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea by Murray, David Christie

Keep your pecker up, old feller!" said Mr. Bouncer, in an encouraging tone, as they drove into Oxford, "and don't be down in the mouth about a dirty trick like this.

From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Bede, Cuthbert

He never bores a tree to get insects as his cousins do, for only when a nest must be chiseled out is he a wood pecker in the strict sense.

From Birds Every Child Should Know by Blanchan, Neltje

“Keep your pecker up, and if you’ll take the advice of an old sailor, I’d recommend you to write to your friends and go home.”

From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by Overend, William Heysham