Definition of pickney in English:

pickney

nounˈpɪkniˈpiknē

West Indian

A child.
me and the pickney have to survive some way
Example sentencesExamples
- I didn't pick up on this perverted undertone when I was a pickney, did you?
- Let it be a warning to all school pickney, whether they hail from Cherry Gardens or from Tivarli!
- Now please don't get me wrong, I don't believe in spoiling kids at all, and I don't feel that I was raised as a pwoil pickney (spoiled child) at all.
- At this rate, only rich people pickney (rich people's kids) will be able to take advantage of this service.
- That must have been drummed into the head of the elderly man's wife when she was a pickney.
Synonyms
child, baby, infant, son, daughter, youngster, little one, tot, tiny tot

Usage

The word pickney is derived from piccaninny but has different connotations. Piccaninny is now usually regarded as an offensive racial slur for a black child, whereas pickney is commonly used to mean ‘child’ in West Indian English and in that context does not generally have offensive or racial overtones

Origin

Contraction of piccaninny.

Definition of pickney in US English:

pickney

nounˈpiknē

West Indian

(chiefly in Caribbean English) a child.
me and the pickney have to survive some way
Compare with pickaninny
Example sentencesExamples
- Let it be a warning to all school pickney, whether they hail from Cherry Gardens or from Tivarli!
- I didn't pick up on this perverted undertone when I was a pickney, did you?
- That must have been drummed into the head of the elderly man's wife when she was a pickney.
- At this rate, only rich people pickney (rich people's kids) will be able to take advantage of this service.
- Now please don't get me wrong, I don't believe in spoiling kids at all, and I don't feel that I was raised as a pwoil pickney (spoiled child) at all.
Synonyms
child, baby, infant, son, daughter, youngster, little one, tot, tiny tot

Usage

The word pickney is derived from pickaninny but has different connotations. Pickaninny is now usually regarded as an offensive racial slur for a black child, whereas pickney is commonly used to mean ‘child’ in Caribbean English and in that context does not generally have offensive or racial overtones

Origin

Contraction of pickaninny.

单词	pickney
释义	Definition of pickney in English: pickney nounˈpɪkniˈpiknē West Indian A child. me and the pickney have to survive some way Example sentencesExamples I didn't pick up on this perverted undertone when I was a pickney, did you? Let it be a warning to all school pickney, whether they hail from Cherry Gardens or from Tivarli! Now please don't get me wrong, I don't believe in spoiling kids at all, and I don't feel that I was raised as a pwoil pickney (spoiled child) at all. At this rate, only rich people pickney (rich people's kids) will be able to take advantage of this service. That must have been drummed into the head of the elderly man's wife when she was a pickney. Synonyms child, baby, infant, son, daughter, youngster, little one, tot, tiny tot Usage The word pickney is derived from piccaninny but has different connotations. Piccaninny is now usually regarded as an offensive racial slur for a black child, whereas pickney is commonly used to mean ‘child’ in West Indian English and in that context does not generally have offensive or racial overtones Origin Contraction of piccaninny. Definition of pickney in US English: pickney nounˈpiknē West Indian (chiefly in Caribbean English) a child. me and the pickney have to survive some way Compare with pickaninny Example sentencesExamples Let it be a warning to all school pickney, whether they hail from Cherry Gardens or from Tivarli! I didn't pick up on this perverted undertone when I was a pickney, did you? That must have been drummed into the head of the elderly man's wife when she was a pickney. At this rate, only rich people pickney (rich people's kids) will be able to take advantage of this service. Now please don't get me wrong, I don't believe in spoiling kids at all, and I don't feel that I was raised as a pwoil pickney (spoiled child) at all. Synonyms child, baby, infant, son, daughter, youngster, little one, tot, tiny tot Usage The word pickney is derived from pickaninny but has different connotations. Pickaninny is now usually regarded as an offensive racial slur for a black child, whereas pickney is commonly used to mean ‘child’ in Caribbean English and in that context does not generally have offensive or racial overtones Origin Contraction of pickaninny.
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