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"pickaninny" Definition

  1. a young child is thus styled by the West Indian negroes. The word is now completely naturalized among sailors and water-side people in England.

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Position in the dictionary: 2585 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: pickers, pickle, pickles!, piece, pieman., pig, pig and tinder-box, pig-headed, pigeon, pigeon-english
Previous words in the dictionary: pick-me-up, pick, piccadilly weepers, piccadilly butchers, picaroon, physog, philistine, philiper, philip, philander

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