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Definition of Pickaninny
1. Noun. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child.
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement, Ethnic Slur
Generic synonyms: Black, Black Person, Blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, Child, Fry, Kid, Minor, Nestling, Nipper, Shaver, Small Fry, Tiddler, Tike, Tyke, Youngster
Definition of Pickaninny
1. n. A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant.
Definition of Pickaninny
1. Noun. (slang offensive derogatory) a black child ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pickaninny
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pickaninny
Literary usage of Pickaninny
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Negro Folk Rhymes: Wise and Otherwise by Thomas Washington Talley (1922)
"He's a liddle pickaninny, Born in ole Virginy. Mammy! Don't de baby grow? Setch a
eatin' o' de honey an' a drinkin' o' de wine! We's gwine down togedder fer ..."
2. The Conjure Woman by Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1899)
"SIS' BECKY'S pickaninny WE had not lived in North Carolina very long before I
was able to note a marked improvement in my wife's health. ..."
3. The Log of the Snark by Charmian London, Snark (Ketch) (1915)
"... half cents to its owner, and the woman-fowl a little more, what of her capacity
for "pickaninny he stop along woman-fowl too much." September 19, 1908. ..."
4. The Story of One Regiment: The Eleventh Maine Infantry Volunteers in the War by Maine Infantry 11th Regt., 1861-1866 (1896)
"... Post—The Veterans and the Recruits—A Grievance—An Ungrateful pickaninny—General
Emory—The Raid into Matthews County—The Raid to Gloucester Court House. ..."
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