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pickaninny

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɪkənɪni/Part of speech nounSorted aciiknnnpyStarts with PEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child

Word origin

Probably from a Portuguese pidgin, from Portuguese pequenino (“boy, child”), noun use of pequenino (“tiny”), from pequeno (“small”). In South African uses probably partly after Afrikaans pikenien.

Used in a sentence

  • Governor,— that will make a good settler,— that's my Pickaninny!
  • Piccaninnies squatted around absorbing the lesson.
  • What a relief it must be for Blair to get out of England. It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies

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