coon

[ koon ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Informal. raccoon.
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person.
Informal. a fellow, especially a rustic or undignified person:
Go home, you old coon!

coon

/ kuːn /

Origin of coon¹

An Americanism dating back to 1735–45; shortening of raccoon ( def )

And one of their commentators accidentally called Martin Luther King Jr. “Martin Luther King Coon Jr.” on the air.

Brer Rabbit aint dar, en it tu'n out dat Brer Coon is de man w'at seed 'im las'.

Better give it up, Mr. Coon; we have caught you and there is no use denying it now.

"Go ahead and look," said Mr. Coon, opening the door and standing aside for them to enter.

Of course they found the spoons, and when Mr. Coon saw them he almost fell over.

He went upstairs and put those spoons between Mr. Coon's feather beds.

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