noun
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child
• Syn: ↑pickaninny, ↑piccaninny
• Usage Domain: ↑ethnic slur, ↑disparagement, ↑depreciation, ↑derogation
• Hypernyms:
↑Black, ↑Black person, ↑blackamoor, ↑Negro, ↑Negroid, ↑child, ↑kid, ↑youngster, ↑minor, ↑shaver, ↑nipper, ↑small fry, ↑tiddler, ↑tike, ↑tyke, ↑fry, ↑nestling
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variant of pickaninny
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/pik"euh nin'ee/, n., pl. picaninnies.
pickaninny.
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picaninnysee piccaninny.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.