coon

1. (зневажливе, ethnic, образливе, сленг, slur)A black person.

2. (Southern US, розмовне)A raccoon.

   1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter IX. "The Sea and the Desert", page 187. He also said that minks, muskrats, foxes, coons, and wild mice were found there, but no squirrels.

   North American raccoon

3. (зневажливе, ethnic, образливе, сленг, slur)A black race traitor.

4. (Південна Африка, розмовне)A member of a colorfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.

5. (Southern US, ethnic, slur)A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.

6. (США, застаріле)A sly fellow.

7. A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.

1. It will really take you a coon's age to finish your work.

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