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• n  an eccentric or undignified rustic
  I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts
• n  (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person
• n  North American raccoon

• When the Dell hounds tree the coon, the hunt is over and the coon goes back to the supply company.
• A coon song can be a black song, as Charles transforms Berlin's antique march into a big-band raver.
• After she had put the roses on the grave, Alda Sizemore commenced the story of how Old Red the coon dog got run over by a train.

• nigger
• nigga
• spade
• jigaboo
• nigra
• common raccoon
• common racoon
• ringtail
• Procyon lotor

News & Articles

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• Coon Creel Trpit Fest is on Saturday
  Come rain or shine, the Coon Valley Business Association and the La Crosse Trout Association are bringing the Coon Creek Trout Festival to the banks of the Coon Creek in the village of Coon Va…
  June 12, 2013 - Westby Times
• Coon Rapids baseball ready to deal at state
  Players from top-seeded Coon Rapids, with four top pitchers, enters the state tourney comfortable in their role.
  June 12, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Carrie Coon to star in HBO adaptation of 'The Leftovers'
  Coon is cast opposite former "Dr. Who" Christopher Eccleston in an HBO pilot series co-created by Damon Lindelof of "Lost."
  June 10, 2013 - The Capital Times

Quotes

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• Marion Berry in ESPN
  If it weren't for the Coon Supper, I probably wouldn't be in public life today,Berry said.
• Andrew Johns in Sydney Morning Herald
  Greg Inglis on what Andrew Johns said: "I've been described as a 'coon' and it's not called for. I'm just a bloke who loves his sport and loves doing what I do - that's making my family proud and making my indigenous culture proud."