noun
- Plural of pickney; a child or young person (chiefly Caribbean and African diaspora English).
Usage: informal; regional; Caribbean English
Examples
- The pickneys played in the yard after school.
- She has three pickneys at home.
- Those pickneys are running around the market.
- The pickneys were excited about the festival.
- He looked after the neighbor's pickneys for the afternoon.