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coon

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coon  (kn)
n.
1. Informal A raccoon.
2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.

[Short for raccoon.]

coon [kuːn]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Informal short for raccoon
2. (Social Science / Peoples) Offensive slang a Black or a native Australian
3. (Social Science / Peoples) South African offensive a person of mixed race
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.coon - an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts"
rustic - an unsophisticated country person
2.coon - (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga"
derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something
ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language
Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, Black - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa)
3.cooncoon - North American raccoon              
racoon, raccoon - an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America
Translations
coon [kuːn] N
1. (Zool) = raccoon
2. (= Negro) → negro/a m/f (pej)
coon
n
(Zool) → Waschbär m
(very offensive sl)Nigger m (very offensive)


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Better tell that coon to stick right alongside you.
And didn't I car Mas'r Haley night five miles out of de road, dis evening, or else he'd a come up with Lizy as easy as a dog arter a coon.
I'm a gone coon this first time and--and I w-want you to take these here things--to--my-- folks.
 
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