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What is the origin of the saying "Keep your pecker up"
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Pecker goes back to the 1570s. As an expression for beak or nose. The americanism of using it for the male sexual apparatus is more recent.
As a descriptor of courage I think the derivation is similar to hold your head high...as in chin up, chest out. And it has been in use for a very long time, despite being very popular in Cholmondely-Warner style films of the 40s and 50s
As a descriptor of courage I think the derivation is similar to hold your head high...as in chin up, chest out. And it has been in use for a very long time, despite being very popular in Cholmondely-Warner style films of the 40s and 50s
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