Associations to the word «Picaninny»

Wiktionary

PICANINNY, noun. Alternative spelling of pickaninny

Dictionary definition

PICANINNY, noun. (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats