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PICCANINNY, or PICKANINNY

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 579 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PICCANINNY, or PICKANINNY , a word applied originally by the negroes of the See also:West Indies to their babies. It is adapted either from Span. pequeno, small, or See also:Port. pequenino, very small. The word spread with the slave See also:trade to See also:America, and has since been adopted in See also:Australia and in See also:South See also:Africa.

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