piccaninny dawn
(also piccaninny daylight)
noun [mass noun] Australian informal, offensive
The first appearance of daylight: the piccaninny dawn was growing up fast...
- If the blacks are going to attack, they'll not do it before piccaninny dawn.
- It was piccaninny dawn on Calum's second day.
- He pulled the curtains back, settled at the desk, lit a cigarette and watched the beginnings of piccaninny dawn glow.
Origin
1930s: from piccaninny, perhaps in the archaic adjective sense 'very small'.
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