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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

    Pickney is a Caribbean dialect word for a child, sometimes offensive. It comes from piccaninny, which means a child in British English. See other meanings, pronunciation, and examples of pickney.

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    • Deutsch

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    • Diccionario Inglés Collins

      Origen de la palabra pickney. from piccaninny child in...

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      3 meanings: 1. not fully grown or developed 2. deficient in...

  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.

  5. 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 [...]

  6. 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,...

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  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.