coon·can (kōōn'kān') n. A card game for 2 players using 40 cards that is an early version of rummy.
[Alteration of American Spanish conquián, probably from Spanish con quién, with whom? : con, with (from Latin cum; see kom in Indo-European roots) + quien, whom (from Latin quem, accusative of quis, who; see kwo- in Indo-European roots).]