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

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

Our people met with other small birds there, but in no great variety and abundance; such as the wood pecker, the bullfinch, the yellow finch, and a small bird called a tit-mouse.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Kerr, Robert

“We’re just off Beachy Head, and you must lie where you are till mornin’; but, as you must be famished by now, I’ve brought you a bit of grub to keep your pecker up.

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

"Keep your pecker up, old feller! and put your trust in old beans," was Mr.Bouncer's reply.

From Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green by Bede, Cuthbert