whickerbill

n. 1. (the foreskin of) a penis; 2. an unsophisticated person or rustic; 3. a thin, raised edge on a airfoil or fan blade that adds downward force. Also wicker bill, whickerbill, wickerbill. Subjects: English, Derogatory

Editorial Note: Similar synonyms for the first two senses are peckerhead and peckerwood, both in a literal definition ‘(a part of) a penis’ and in a more derogatory one, ‘an unsophisticated person; a redneck.’ Another synonym for the second sense is scissorbill.

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Citations: 1925 Harry Harrison Kroll A Comparative Study of Upper and Lower Southern Folk Speech (George Peabody College for Teachers, Tenn.) (Aug.) p. 82: Whicker bill. A rustic, servant, poor white trash. Miss. 1939 J.C. Short @ Galena, Mo. Down in the Holler (Oct.) @ Pissing in the Snow and Other Ozark Folktales (Jan. 1, 1987) Vance Randolph p. 91: “Does whickerbills count?” says he. The boys argued awhile, but there ain’t no denying that a whickerbill is part of a man’s prick.…Jack pulled out the God-awfullest tool you ever seen, only on a jackass.…Randolph notes that “whickerbill” is the Ozark word for prepuce. 1948 Bill Pucker Independent (Murphysboro, Illinois) (Jan. 28) “News From Our Whickerbill Correspondent” p. 7: News From Our Whickerbill Correspondent. Goat Gap, Illinois, Speshul to Indedepenent. It if twernt for Nudge Squat sayin what Nudge said to the Thumpit twins, Nudge would soon be at his spring plowin. [1960 Cliff Farrell Evening Sentinel (Holland, Mich.) (Aug. 19) “The Lean Rider” p. 14: “If a little thing like that’ll cold-chill you, then you jest naturally won’t tolerate what I’m going to do to this whicker-bill next.”…He moved to the steer and pressed down the hot curved end of the iron, forming an insignia. The steer bawled mournfully.] 1971 Albert Murray South to a Very Old Place p. 172 @ Making Mark Twain Work in the Classroom (May 1, 1999) J.S. Leonard p. 172: As for the pact about being about being a nigger, the most obvious thing about that was that you were not a whicker-bill different like them old peckerwoods were. 1984 David B. Kalinich Surviving in Corrections (Sept. 1) p. 173: Wicker Bill or Hillbilly—Person from the South. 1998 [Mike Ganopoulos] Usenet: rec.org.mensa (Mar. 11) “Re: circumcision”: The biggest advantage of being uncircumcised is that with practice, you can jerk on your wickerbill and cause it to emit a quacking sound. You can be the life of the party. 1998 [Bill Ziegler] Usenet: ca.politics (Dec. 16) “Re: Nazi’s Were/Tim Starr can’t clean the poop off his shoes or out of his mind”: Since you’ve red Dr Sooos, does this mean you dribble in your cornflakes, and fondle your whickerbill at dusk on full moon evenings, or what? 2002 Ralph Wiley ESPN.com (May 22) “A one-man rainbow coalition”: Asian-Americans feel a sense of pride, accomplishment, even of authorship of Tiger Woods at work. Everyone does. Bony whicker-bill ranchers out in West Texas eating chicken-fried steak do, too. 2002 William S. Webster @ South Georgia College Webster’s Home Page (Douglas, Ga.) (Nov. 12) “Dirty Joke”: He and my father’s nickname for penis was “wickerbill,” which made sex seem ridiculous, like it was a misshapen bird beak in your pants that you sometimes dangled into the dark holes of outhouses, something funnier even than a big nose or butt and a lot less reliable. [2002 [lvaughn] Usenet: alt.politics.democrats (Dec. 30) “Re: Why I Want Hitlary For President?”: A Wickerbill is a bird that pecks his own shit!] 2003 Bobby Unser Winners Are Driven (Feb. 14) p. 15: Dan hand-cut and shaped a couple of pieces of sheet metal that looked like angle-irons—just 90 degree bent pieces of aluminum. He had us mount them on the back edges of the rear wing of the car.…His simple “wicker-bill” invention—also known as the Gurney Flap—had given us another four miles per hour. 2003 [6 shot] SDH Waterfowl Forums (Aug. 28) “duckin”: I think it is up to the guide to show good judgement and decide based on talking if this is a duck hunter or some wickerbill. 2003 Shawn Brouse Daily Item (Sunbury, Pa.) (Sept. 26) “World of Outlaws invade mid-state next week”: The only thing that could temper this review is the reintroduction of the allowance of wickerbills on the top wings for the locals in the Open. A wickerbill produces a downforce or dragging effect on the car, planting it to the speedway surface. 2004 [Le D'Nah] Petlovers forum (May 21) “Hello everyone!”: Let the “good ol’ boys” pull each others wickerbill, the internet is a big place and there is room for all kinds. 2004 Sterling Johnson Watch Your F*cking Language (Nov. 3) p. 83: In Arkansas, whickerbill is a common term for the foreskin.

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