Definition of "piccaninny" []

• Alternative form of pickaninny. (noun)

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• "Encumbered with the "piccaninny," and wearied with the long ceaseless struggle through the sand, Colin lingered behind his companions."
• "These, of all sizes, from the "piccaninny" to the "good-sized chunk of"
• "From the appearance of the camps, and the age of the islander who took part in the various searches, and who was ready to admit that though pearl-shell hooks were used when he was a piccaninny he had never seen one made, I judge the age of these relics of a prehistoric art to be between thirty and forty years."