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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 boy or girl between birth and puberty. b. ( as modifier) child labour. 2. a baby or infant. 3. an unborn baby. Related prefix: paedo- 4. See with child. 5. a human offspring; son or daughter. Related adjective: filial. 6. a childish or immature person. 7. a member of a family or tribe; descendant. a child of Israel. 8.

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

    Apr 7, 2024 · pickney (plural pickneys) ( Caribbean, Jamaica, Belize, MLE, MTE, informal) A child . And he tell my father about country and where he can go and he can take him pickney with him and when he say pickney I shake but nobody know that me under the cover.

  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.

  5. 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,...

  6. www.youtube.com › watchLearn Jamaican Patois Pickney What It Means And How To Say It

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

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

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

    pickney What does pickney‎ mean? pickney (English) Origin & history From picaninny. Noun pickney (pl. pickneys) (Caribbean, informal) A child.

  9. www.wordnik.com › words › pickneypickney - definition and meaning - Wordnik

    In the English-speaking Caribbean, in patois, the word is “pickney.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Laches Proves To Be the Most Valuable Player: 2009 "You go leave with a group of pickney -them there."

  10. jamaicans.com › pickney-pickniLearn the Jamaican Patois Word – pickney/pickni

    pickney/pickni (Noun) Meaning/Description: child, children. Learn Jamaican Patois Pickney What It Means And How To Say It.

  11. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PickaninnyPickaninny - Wikipedia

    According to historian Robin Bernstein: The pickaninny was an imagined, subhuman black juvenile who was typically depicted outdoors, merrily accepting (or even inviting) violence [...]