Pickney
name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A child. Belize, Caribbean, Jamaica, Multicultural-London-English, informal
"And he tell my father about country and where he can go and he can take him pickney with him and when he say pickney I shake but nobody know that me under the cover."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"And he tell my father about country and where he can go and he can take him pickney with him and when he say pickney I shake but nobody know that me under the cover."
Etymology
From pickaninny.
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