coon

1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur)A black person.

2. (Southern US, informal)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. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur)A black race traitor.

4. (South Africa, informal)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. (US, dated)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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