( <美> pickaninny)
(pl.-ies)
often offensive a small black or Australian Aboriginal child
〈常冒犯〉小黑崽子; 澳大利亚土著小孩。
archaic very small
〈古〉很小的。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from West Indian creole, from Spanish pequeño or Portuguese pequeno 'little', pequenino 'tiny'.