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A black person.
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A raccoon.
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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.
1963 Sterling North, ''Rascal'', Avon Books (softcover), p 100:
- How about a glen bong for you and your 'coon?
{{quote-text|en|year=1979|author=André Brink|title=A Dry White Season|page=149|publisher=Vintage|year_published=1998
A member of a colorfully dressed dance troupe in Town during New Year celebrations.
A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
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To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
(ante), Roger Martin, “The Parson Goes A-Fishing”, ''Outing'', W. B. Holland, volume LXIX, page 216:
- There is a little ledge low on the face of the cliff, and by this with careful “cooning” one may reach a recession in the rock which makes a lovely arm chair.
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{{quote-book|en|year=1982|author=Edwin Van Syckle|chapter=The River Pioneers|title=Early Days on Grays Harbor|publisher=Pacific Search Press|page=186
To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
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2005, Kermit Ernest Campbell, ''“gettin’ our groove on”'', ''rhetoric, language, and literacy for the hip hop generation'', Wayne State University Press, (ISBN), page 80:
- From the classic toasts to the dirty dozens to the early blues50 and now to gangsta rap lyrics—why not consider it all just a bunch of niggers cooning for the white man’s delight and dollars?
{{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=A. Khaulid|title=The Great Book of Fire|publisher=Damon Hunter,|isbn=1427602417|page=142
To steal.
1940, John W. “Jack” Ganzhorn, ''I’ve Killed Men'', Robert Hale Limited, page 58:
- Cooning water-melons ''sic.'' was a common custom, and young people would go out at night on such parties. To prevent any raids on our melon patch Grandfather set a trap alarm—which brought disaster.
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{{quote-book|en|year=1968|editors=Bill Adler; Jay David|title=Growing Up Black|publisher=Morrow|page=200
{{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Timothy M. Gay|title=Tris Speaker: The Rough-and-Tumble Life of a Baseball Legend|page=37|publisher=U of Nebraska Press|isbn=0803222068