pickney

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/ˈpɪk.ni/

noun

A child.

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Meanings

pickney1

nounpickney (plural pickneys)

plural pickneys

  1. BelizeCaribbeanJamaicaMulticultural London EnglishinformalA child.

    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.

    2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 13

Pickney2

proper nounPickney (plural Pickneys)

plural Pickneys

  1. A surname.

Origin

From pickaninny.

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APA

pickney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickney

MLA

“pickney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickney. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pickney,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pickney.

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