Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Belize, Caribbean, Jamaica, Multicultural London English, informal)A child.

Origin

From pickaninny.

From pickaninny.

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Forms

plural: pickneys
Singularpickney
Pluralpickneys

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
picketpickleB2pickpocketpickuppickyB2

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