coon

Definition

A black person.

Etymology

Clipping of raccoon.

Example Sentences

• "And that one looks Jewish, and that one's a coon! Who let all this riff-raff into the room?"
• "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."
• "How about a glen bong for you and your 'coon?"