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    pickney
    /ˈpɪkni/

    noun

    • 1. a child: West Indian "me and the pickney have to survive some way"

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  2. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPICKNEY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    a childish or immature person. 7. a member of a family or tribe; descendant. a child of Israel. 8. a person or thing regarded as the product of an influence or environment. a child of nature. 9. English Midlands and Western England dialect.

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      10 senses: Caribbean dialect, sometimes offensive a child →...

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  3. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › pickneypickney - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    • Etymology
    • Pronunciation
    • Noun

    Derived from English pickaninny. Compare Bajan pickney, Bislama pikinini, Pijin pikinini, and Tok Pisin pikinini.

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    IPA(key): /ˈpɪknɪ/
    (when stressed) IPA(key): /ˈpɪkɪnɪ/
    Hyphenation: pick‧ney

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    pickney (plural pickney dem, quantified pickney) (Cassidy/JLU orthography spelling pikni) 1. child 1.1. A: O much pickney yuh gat? B: Mi av a yute an two daughter. 1.1.1. A: How many childrendo you have? B: I have a son and two daughters. 1.1. 2020, Martha Warren Beckwith, compiler, Jamaica Anansi Stories, →ISBN: 1.1.1. “An' he have a bone-hole; wh...

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  4. jamaicanpatwah.com › term › PickneyPickney | Patois Definition on Jamaican Patwah

    English Translation. Child or children. Definition. Someone who is a child. To pluralize "pickney", add "dem" to the end, e.g. "pickney dem". Example Sentences. Patois: Di pickney dem very naughty, dem mus bi punished. English: The children are very naughty, they must be punished. Related Words.

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  6. www.wordsense.eu › pickneypickney: meaning, definition - WordSense

    What does pickney‎ mean? pickney ( English) Origin & history. From picaninny . Noun. pickney ( pl.pickneys) ( Caribbean, informal) A child. Examples. Automatically generated practical examples in English: Run up to house an' say, "Wife an' pickney, go up alof', Brar Dead dah come!"

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › pickneyPickney - definition of pickney by The Free Dictionary

    Define pickney. pickney synonyms, pickney pronunciation, pickney translation, English dictionary definition of pickney. n dialect sometimes offensive Caribbean a child Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991,...

  8. www.yourdictionary.com › pickneyPickney Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Pickney definition: (<i>Caribbean informal</i>) A <a>child</a>.