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pickaninny Definition


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piccaninny
pickaninny
noun piccaninnies
    offensive:
    (N Amer, especially US)
    1. A Negro child.
    (especially Austral)
    2. An Aboriginal child.
Etymology: 17c: perhaps from Portuguese pequenino, diminutive of pequeno little.




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