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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



... The African picaninny has just as much curiosity as his American brother and in ten minutes the whole juvenile population was assembled around us. Soon the grown-ups joined the crowd. Naked women examined the tires as if they were articles of food and black warriors stalked about with the same sort of "I told you ...
— An African Adventure • Isaac F. Marcosson
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Words linked to "Picaninny" :   negroid, blackamoor, tike, nestling, nipper, minor, Black person, child, tyke, negro, derogation, small fry, depreciation, fry, ethnic slur, tiddler, shaver, kid, youngster, black, disparagement


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