Speckles

[ˈspɛkəlz]

Background Story

Speckles is the plural of speckle, a small spot or speck on the skin, plumage or foliage. The sources checked do not record it as a personal name.

English surname and given name; from English strummer, one who strums a stringed instrument

An Australian abbreviation for chewing gum; also a wine tasting descriptor

English place name: a town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire

Variant of Cadence, from Latin cadentia, "a falling"

Variant spelling of Madison

English word for the lowing sound made by cattle

A pejorative term for white Southerners who supported Reconstruction