Meaning
A child fathered outside a man's main relationship or marriage — an 'outside child' from an affair. Discovering or acknowledging an 'outside-pickney' is a recurring family drama, though such children are usually taken in and 'grown' as part of the wider family. The father is said to have 'outside' children.
Examples
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Him have a outside-pickney him neva tell him wife bout.
He has an outside child he never told his wife about.
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Di outside-pickney come live wid dem.
The outside child came to live with them.
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Family tek in di outside-pickney all di same.
The family took in the outside child all the same.
Origin
A compound — 'outside' (outside the main relationship) plus 'pickney' (child) — for a child from an affair.
How it’s used
A child from outside the main relationship/marriage. Compare 'baby-madda', 'baby-fada', 'bunna man'.