Title: coon - Wiktionary
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coon
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Content: ‘Listen, Mr Du Toit,’ he said at last, in an obvious effort to sound light-hearted. ‘ Why go to all this trouble for the sake of a bloody coon ?’ ( informal, South Africa) A member of a colourfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations. ( Southern US, ethnic slur) A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps. ( US, dated) A sly fellow. ( African-American Vernacular) A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians. Derived terms
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coon cat
coonhound
coon's age
coonskin
Verb
coon ( third-person singular simple present coons, present participle cooning, simple past and past participle cooned )
( Southern US, colloquial) To hunt raccoons. ( climbing) To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.