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Content: In December, Sen. Wheeler also used the word “coon” to describe the Virginia governor as well as blamed “mass refugee resettlement” for a policy position he did not like. —Berry Craig, Kentucky State AFL-CIO, January 2020
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And one of their commentators accidentally called Martin Luther King Jr. “Martin Luther King Coon Jr.” on the air. ESPN: The Worldwide Leader in Pricks | Marlow Stern | July 29, 2014 | DAILY BEAST
Brer Rabbit aint dar, en it tu'n out dat Brer Coon is de man w'at seed 'im las'. Nights With Uncle Remus | Joel Chandler Harris
Better give it up, Mr. Coon; we have caught you and there is no use denying it now. Sandman's Goodnight Stories | Abbie Phillips Walker
"Go ahead and look," said Mr. Coon, opening the door and standing aside for them to enter. Sandman's Goodnight Stories | Abbie Phillips Walker
Of course they found the spoons, and when Mr. Coon saw them he almost fell over. Sandman's Goodnight Stories | Abbie Phillips Walker
He went upstairs and put those spoons between Mr. Coon 's feather beds. Sandman's Goodnight Stories | Abbie Phillips Walker
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coon
/ ( kuːn) /
noun
informal short for raccoon
offensive, slang a Black person or a native Australian
Southern African offensive a person of mixed race
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