Title: coon - Wiktionary
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Content: ( 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. ( Southern US, colloquial) To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek . quotations ▼
a. 1917, Roger Martin, “The Parson Goes A-Fishing”, Outing, W. B. Holland, volume LXIX, page 216: There is a little ledge low on the face of the cliff, and by this with careful “ cooning ” one may reach a recession in the rock which makes a lovely arm chair. 1957, The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, volume XVI, Arkansas Historical Association: 2 o'clock we float up to Duvall's landing—high bluff, store house, and a few dwelling houses.