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coon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun coon has 3 senses
- coon(n = noun.person) Array - an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts" is a kind of rustic
- coon(n = noun.person) jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, spade - (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" is a kind of black, black person, blackamoor, negro, negroid
- coon(n = noun.animal) common raccoon, common racoon, procyon lotor, ringtail - North American raccoon; Array is a kind of raccoon, racoon
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Blackness
N blackness darkness, (want of light), swartliness, lividity, dark color, tone, color, chiaroscuro, nigrification, infuscation, jet, ink, ebony, coal pitch, soot, charcoal, sloe, smut, raven, crow, negro, blackamoor, man of color, nigger, darkie, Ethiop, black, buck, nigger, coon, sambo, lampblack, ivory black, blueblack, writing ink, printing ink, printer's ink, Indian ink, India ink, in mourning.
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