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Originally Posted by pdurrant
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The second use is a common British phrase, and not rude. One's pecker is one's nose. Equivalent to 'keep your chin up'.
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Perhaps there are regional or class differences in slang, and perhaps it changes over time.
I vaguely remember that 'pecker' was a slang term for the male sexual organ in Manchester slums during and after the war. In fact I vaguely remember being taken aback as an adolescent when I read the word in the sense of 'keeping one's courage up.' I certainly don't remember the word being used in the Manchester sense in Australia to where we emigrated 1952, and I've never heard 'pecker' being used for nose either in England or Australia. And I've no idea what the the word might mean in the US.
As I think the
Guardian article mentioned any difficulties would be with the parents rather than the children.