Title: coon - Wiktionary
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coon
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
Verb
Quotations
Derived terms
References
Anagrams

Content: coon - Wiktionary
coon
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See also: co-on and ĉo-on
Contents
1 English
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Noun
1.3.1 Derived terms
1.4 Verb
1.4.1 Quotations
1.4.2 Derived terms
1.5 References
1.6 Anagrams
English
Etymology
Clipping of raccoon, itself a shortening of arocoun, from Powhatan . Pronunciation
( US) IPA ( key): /kun/
Rhymes: -uːn
Noun
coon ( plural coons )
( ethnic slur) A black person. quotations ▼
1979, “ In the Flesh ”, in The Wall, performed by Pink Floyd: And that one looks Jewish, and that one's a coon! Who let all this riff-raff into the room? ( informal, chiefly Southern US) A raccoon . quotations ▼
1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "