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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
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West Indies to their babies . It is adapted either from Span. pequeno, small, or
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Port. pequenino, very small . The word spread with the slave
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trade to
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America, and has since been adopted in
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Australia and in
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South
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Africa .

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