Definition of "peckawood"

For example we have words like ofay, pink, fade, space, Mr. Charlie, cracker, peckawood, hoojah, and so on—nice words and bitter.]

, published 1957, page 217

That was funny, because I know that peckawood didn't know what a cur was.

1980, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Fraser, Dizzy: To Be or Not to Bop‎, page 179

All she heard about wuz how dey'd be kickin' a nigguh's ass ... an' dey kicked a many nigguh's ass baw, ... peckawoods, too!

1997, Steven Chennault, “Bo' An' Nem Wuz Bad!”, in "Re'lize Whut Ahm Talkin' 'Bout?"‎, page 37