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coon-age
coon's age
noun
Informal.
a long time:
I haven't seen you in a coon's age!
Origin:
1835–45,
Americanism
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coon's age
—
n
slang
(
US
) a long time
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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