OOP - US/UK difference spotted

[serenadust]

No: HPFGUIDX 67688

I'm in the midst of my 3rd reading (this time the UK version) and I 
came across something that stopped me in my tracks.

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On page 205, Fred and George are telling the trio about the horrors 
of Fifth year and George says: "...If you care about exam results, 
anyway. Fred and I managed to keep our *peckers* up somehow."

I immediately went to check my US version, since I was SURE that I'd 
have caught that expression if it was there and sure enough it 
reads: "Fred and I managed to keep our *spirits* up somehow."

I'm appealing to the British listmembers to tell me whether the word 
*pecker* has the same meaning in the UK as it does here in the US. 
If not, then is this an expression in common usage in mixed company, 
say, in front of the vicar? Otherwise, I'll have to assume that the 
Scholastic editors are protecting tender American sensibilities from 
Fred & George's salty repartee.

Jo Serenadust, rather amused and VERY glad she got the UK version, 
too