piccanin

noun

Southern African offensive a Black African child

Word Origin for piccanin

variant of piccaninny

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Examples from the Web for piccanin

Historical Examples of piccanin

Sophie shouted to Piccanin to bring another glass, and pushed the soda and lemons across the table.
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