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- noun A
child .
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Examples
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In the English-speaking Caribbean, in patois, the word is “pickney.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Laches Proves To Be the Most Valuable Player: 2009
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"You go leave with a group of pickney-them there."
Crystal Rain 2006
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"And you, you little pickney-child, I have something definite for you."
Crystal Rain 2006
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"Ol 'Doc, he say debbil-tree make um act that way," muttered the negro, as he ran, "pickney he think um crabs big as a mule!"
Plotting in Pirate Seas Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918
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A tink mi wife tell mi sey di more pickney yuh a have a di langa it goh.
Jamaica - Full Feed Joelle "Wendy" Wright 2010
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A tink mi wife tell mi sey di more pickney yuh a have a di langa it goh.
Jamaica - Full Feed Joelle "Wendy" Wright 2010
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She often said to my face: "You are not Smith's pickney."
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Golding also noted that his government makes resources available to children in opposition controlled garrisons since 'dem a smaddy (somebody) pickney too'.
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The woman feels insecure in this relationship, and is even embarrassed when her friends speak of their husbands while she refers to her perennial boyfriend as her gentleman or the children's father or more crudely put, "Mi man" or "dem pickney puppa".
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Ms. Palomina is distraught 'cause she lose ar pickney an she haff wan himposter inna de house wid ar.
Jamaica - Full Feed Dulcimer Robothom 2009
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