Pecky

"And so you shall," cried Lady Warburton, and she actually stooped to kiss him, and then Dorothy, rather 'pecky' kisses, perhaps, but very genuine kisses notwithstanding. ❋ Jeffery Farnol (1915)

They did a 10-month remodeling that included making a television room out of a screened porch while preserving original details like the pecky cypress ceilings in the living room and library, the handblown stained-glass panes in the powder-room door and the Cuban tile floors in the dining room. ❋ Sarah Tilton (2012)

The entire space was paneled in pecky cyprus wood. ❋ Rita Konig (2011)

Here's hoping there wasn't too much unwelcome indoor pecky perching as a result of the repairiness x ❋ Katy (2009)

A committee of Democrat-appointed puppets to weed out all those pecky anti-tax, anti-spending, and anti-boondoggle initiatives. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Now that the pecky has been unsheathed, what will they do to it next? ❋ Unknown (2008)

The home, approximately 5,000 square feet, is a block from the Atlantic Ocean, has an outdoor pool and "Roman spa" and the inside features "pecky cypress ceilings, and Travertine marble and cherry wood floors." ❋ Unknown (2008)

And all because the #2 kid loves to get picky pecky and agitate the other kids. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In later years, people would develop a taste for pecky and an appreciation for its scarcity, but in those days, it was considered junk wood. ❋ Will Allison (2007)

He said that when they cut open a cypress and discovered it was pecky, they used to shut down the whole operation, drive that one tree to market, and split the profits. ❋ Will Allison (2007)

It had made me think of our pecky cypress walls, and sometimes I imagined my grandfather dead on a conveyor belt, a buzz saw slicing into his head as curious lumberjacks leaned in for a look. ❋ Will Allison (2007)

The best he could do was let Cal help himself to the scrap pile, which was where he found, underneath an old tarp, a load of pecky cypress, enough to panel the bedroom and his workshop. ❋ Will Allison (2007)