Meaning of piccanin | Babel Free
Definitions
Noun. [B2]
Examples
“1964. Credo Vusa'mazulu Mutwa: Indaba, My Children. This edition 1999. Grove Press⟳ →ISBN Page 667. The piccanin stands at the gate. There are tears in his eyes and hunger in his belly. He is puzzled and scared by what he saw⟳ happening the previous night in the place⟳ he knows as home. His mother and father had quarreled and he had been awakened by the noise.”
“And then one boy came back into the water to help⟳ me, a Black piccanin, I believe⟳ his name⟳ was Mpilo […].”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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