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Word: Piccaninny
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from West Indian creole, from Spanish pequeño or Portuguese pequeno ‘little’, pequenino ‘tiny’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɪkənɪni
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌpɪkəˈnɪni
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small black child.
Short Definition:small black child
Variant Forms:
- picaninny
- pickaninny
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