Definitions of "Pickney"

kid

Patois: Whoofa pickney dat?
English: Whose kid is that?

child or children

Patois: Dem yah nowadays pickney waah fi bi like big people
English: These nowadays children want to be like adults

Child or children

Someone who is a child. To pluralize "pickney", add "dem" to the end, e.g. "pickney dem"

Patois: Di pickney dem very naughty, dem mus bi punished
English: The children are very naughty, they must be punished

At steppa , Baby madda , Badman , Bait ,

children

A young person

Patois: Pickney dem a guh play dutty, unuh haffi tap dem
English: The children will play dirty so you have to stop them

At steppa , Baby madda , Badman , Bait ,

Child

(patois) Him a jus pickney
(english) He is just a child