In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
COON
coon
(noun) an eccentric or undignified rustic; “I’ll be a gone coon when the battle starts”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
coon (plural coons)
(racial slur) A black person.
(informal, chiefly, Southern US) A raccoon.
(informal, South Africa) A member of a colourfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
(Southern US, ethnic slur) A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
(US, dated) A sly fellow.
(African-American Vernacular) A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
Verb
coon (third-person singular simple present coons, present participle cooning, simple past and past participle cooned)
(Southern US, colloquial) To hunt raccoons.
(climbing) To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
(Southern US, colloquial) To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
(Georgia (US), colloquial) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
(African American Vernacular English, of an, African American) To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
(Southern US, colloquial, dated) To steal.
Anagrams
• Ocon, cono-, onco-
Proper noun
Coon (plural Coons)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Coon is the 2,116th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 17,097 individuals. Coon is most common among individuals classified as "White" (91.71%) by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Anagrams
• Ocon, cono-, onco-
Source: Wiktionary
Coon, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A raccoon. See Raccoon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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