pickin

/ (ˈpɪkɪn) /

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noun

Western African a small child

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Word Origin for pickin

from Portuguese pequeno; see piccaninny

Words nearby pickin

picket fence, picket line, Pickett, Pickford, pick holes in, pickin, picking, pickings, pickle, pickleball, pickled

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How to use pickin in a sentence

He left you here to look after things and you—you went berry pickin'!
Hidden Gold|Wilder Anthony
Every minute I was expectin' to see the Helen's gigs swarmin' out, and then it wouldn't be pickin's we'd get but leavin's.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920|Various
I guess they won't peep much about kidnapin' with th' kid safe an' us pickin' 'im up out o' th' road an' shelterin' 'im.
A Reversible Santa Claus|Meredith Nicholson
Hasayampa did some tall cussin, and begun pickin' things up, when he seen the end of the lion's tail stickin' out under the bunk.
The Long Dim Trail|Forrestine C. Hooker

I've heard my father tell 'bout pickin' huckleberries when he was a boy off where them breakers are now.
Cap'n Eri|Joseph Crosby Lincoln