Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
fig-eater - noun See
beccafico .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The European garden warbler (
Sylvia hortensis orCurrica, hortensis ); -- called alsobeccafico andgreater pettychaps .
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- noun A
bird , the Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis.
Etymologies
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fig + pecker, as it was believed to gorge itself on figs when in season.
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vendingmachine commented on the word figpecker
This sounds like an mild insult.
February 5, 2021
ry commented on the word figpecker
or a minced oath for pigfucker
February 26, 2021