Usually means: Outdated, offensive term for Black child.
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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of pickaninny [(colloquial, now offensive, ethnic slur) A black child.]

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piccaninny, pickaninny, picinniny, pickaninnie, Blackie, niggie, blackey, jiggaboo, pipsqueak, nicca, more...

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piccaninny, pickaninny, picinniny, pickaninnie, Blackie, niggie, blackey, jiggaboo, pipsqueak, nicca, more...



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