ecky-becky
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Meaning · English
A poor white person. Specifically, a lower-class descendant of the whites who worked the land before the arrival of African slaves.
Register: derogatory, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “ecky-becky” mean?
A poor white person. Specifically, a lower-class descendant of the whites who worked the land before the arrival of African slaves.
Is “ecky-becky” formal or informal?
ecky-becky is generally derogatory, slang.