It comesfrom the West Indies (Cuban piquinini, little, which isfrom the Spanish pequeno, small, and nino,child). Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. Oompi Bong, a dead or desertedsettlement. Sugden, Master of Queen's College inthis University, has furnished a large number of usefulquotations.
The spellings vary, and sometimes begin with a K. 175: The dogs had caught . InAustralia, it is confined to `rubbish, dirt, stuff taken outof a mine--the refuse after the vein-stuff is taken away'(Brough Smyth's `Glossary').
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