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- noun Plural form of
pickaninny .
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Examples
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In 1987, then-newly elected Arizona Governor Evan Mecham - who defended his use of the term "pickaninnies" for blacks - rescinded the King holiday in Arizona.
David A. Love: What In The Sam Hill Is Wrong With Arizona? 2010
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Yes, he used those words to shock and to consciously mock pomposity, but no, he doesn't really call people "pickaninnies".
Racist Slur At Boris Newmania 2007
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It was not a good place for their "pickaninnies" to go to.
The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society
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The hard labor of the farm was mostly done by them, and on the floor of the big kitchen, toward sundown, would be squatting a circle of twelve or fourteen "pickaninnies," eating their supper of pudding (Indian corn mush) and milk.
November Boughs ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose 1855
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The hard labor of the farm was mostly done by them, and on the floor of the big kitchen, toward sundown, would be squatting a circle of twelve or fourteen "pickaninnies," eating their supper of pudding (Indian corn mush) and milk.
Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855
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These Snowball said were the "pickaninnies," -- the children of the taller ones.
The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850
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African-American children "pickaninnies" and pitied the poor American slave owners as the
SplicedFeed 2010
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Besides bursting with factual errors, Skousen's book characterized African-American children as 'pickaninnies' and described American slave owners as the 'worst victims' of the slavery system.
Recent Activity 2010
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Besides bursting with factual errors, Skousen's book characterized African-American children as "pickaninnies" and described American slave owners as the "worst victims" of the slavery system.
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Besides bursting with factual errors, Skousen's book characterized African-American children as "pickaninnies" and described American slave owners as the "worst victims" of the slavery system.
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