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pickaninny

/pik-uh-nin-ee/US // ˈpɪk əˌnɪn i //UK // (ˌpɪkəˈnɪnɪ) //

挑剔的人,挑夫,挑剔的女人,挑食者

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural pick·a·nin·nies.Older Use: Now Offensive.

    • : a term used to refer to a Black child.

Examples

  • Piccaninny, Pickaninny, pik′a-nin-i, n. a little child: an African or negro child.

  • Having bought a fowl from a native in a canoe, the native asked me if I wanted “Pickaninny stop along him fella.”

  • Presently a Pickaninny came along with a small keg in his hands.

  • Just as I got out there came along the Pickaninny that had gone over on the rainbow.