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Picaninny

noun
1.
(ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child.  Synonyms: piccaninny, pickaninny.






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"Picaninny" Quotes from Famous Books



... when Nature Seems to slip a cog an' go, Jes' a-rattlin' down creation, Lak an ocean's overflow; When de worl' jes' stahts a-spinnin' Lak a picaninny's top, An' yo' cup o' joy is brimmin' 'Twell it seems about to slop, An' you feel jes' lak a racah, Dat is trainin' fu' to trot— When yo' mammy says de blessin' ...
— The Book of American Negro Poetry • Edited by James Weldon Johnson



Words linked to "Picaninny" :   nipper, negroid, tyke, child, nestling, derogation, tike, shaver, Black person, youngster, negro, pickaninny, black, depreciation, blackamoor, tiddler, kid, disparagement, ethnic slur, small fry, minor, fry



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