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boon coons

boon coons is the plural of boon coon.

Meaning of boon coon

Noun

boon coon (plural boon coons)

  1. (slang, African-American Vernacular) A close companion.
    • “I know it was true,” whispered the trusty, “cause a friend of mine, my boon coon, my main man, was one of those asked, and he told me about it. And he don’t lie. Not to me.”1985, James Farmer, “Which Side Are You On?”, in Lay Bare the Heart: An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement, New York, N.Y.: Arbor House, →ISBN, part 1 (Mississippi Revisited), page 11

Questions about boon coons

What is boon coons the plural of?
Boon coons is the plural of boon coon.

Words near boon coons in the dictionary

  1. boon
  2. boon and bane
  3. boon companion
  4. boon companions
  5. boon coon
  6. boon coons
  7. Boon Lay
  8. boon or bane
  9. Boona Mount
  10. Boonah
  11. Boonal

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