piccaninny meaning in English

n.
黑种小孩；澳大利亚土著小孩；〔戏谑语〕小孩。
adj.
极小的。

He liked the casual grace with which they conducted affairs of importance , risking a fortune , a plantation or a slave on the turn of a card and writing off their losses with careless good humour and no more ado than when they scattered pennies to piccaninnies
他喜欢他们对待重要事情的那种漫不经心的优雅风度，拿一笔财产，一个种植园或一个奴隶作赌注押在一张牌上，毫不在意地画押付钱，就像撒小钱给黑小子一样。