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barracoons

barracoons is the plural of barracoon.

Meaning of barracoon

Noun

barracoon (plural barracoons)

  1. A temporary cage for holding (originally) black slaves, and later convicts and other types of prisoners.
    • Beyond Cape Palmas, the coast line is a beach of bright white sand, from which the slave barracoons have now disappeared […].1863, Richard F. Burton, Wanderings in West Africa, Dover Publications 1991 edition, volume II, page 36

Questions about barracoons

What is barracoons the plural of?
Barracoons is the plural of barracoon.

Words near barracoons in the dictionary

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  3. Barraclough
  4. Barraco
  5. barracoon
  6. barracoons
  7. barracoota
  8. barracootas
  9. Barracos
  10. barracouta
  11. barracouta loaf

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