PICKANINNY: Dictionary Entry and Meaning
| Pronunciation: | | 'piku`ninee
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| | Definition: | | [n] (offensive) a Black child |
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| | Synonyms: | | picaninny, piccaninny |
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| | See Also: | | Black, black person, blackamoor, child, fry, kid, minor, Negro, Negroid, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pick"a*nin`ny\, n.; pl. {Pickaninnies}. [Cf. Sp.
peque[~n]o little, young.]
A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant. [U.S. &
West Indies]
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