Coon
[kuːn]
Definition
(noun.) an eccentric or undignified rustic; 'I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts'.
Typed by Clarissa--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A raccoon. See Raccoon.
Checker: Roberta
Definition
n. the raccoon: a sly fellow.—A gone coon one whose case is hopeless.
Edited by Clio
Examples
- 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. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mas'r, let me lone for dat, said Sambo, I'll tree de coon. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The country was wild, and it was a usual occurrence to see deer, bear, and coon skins nailed up on the sides of houses to dry. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- What did I want with the little cuss, now, he said to himself, that I should have got myself treed like a coon, as I am, this yer way? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- So, now, old coon, said he to the man at the bar, get us hot water, and sugar, and cigars, and plenty of the _real stuff_ and we'll have a blow-out. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mas'r see'd me cotch a coon, High boys, high! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Well, Tom, yer coons are farly treed, said one. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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