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[Sarah]

A small child; especially, a negro or mulatto infant. [U.S.

[Sarah]

an offensive, derogatory term for black children

[Sarah]

A negro youth. Often seen running around WalMart at midnight on school nights.

[Sarah]

A common, generally-accepted term used in former times to describe young black boys, who were so pictured and identified in some of the National Geographics magazines from the pre-Depression Era of the 1920's.