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coon's age

coon's age noun: a very long time.

Noun

coon's age (usually uncountable, plural coon's ages)

  1. (US, colloquial, idiomatic, usually) A very long time.
    • Jarn hasn't seen Schnie in a coon's age.
    • We've been waiting a coon's age for our damn food.
    Synonyms:
    dog's age

Synonyms of coon's age

Forms of coon's age

pluralcoon's ages

Origin of coon's age

An Americanism recorded in 1843 and probably related to the old English expression in a crow's age meaning the same. Coon is a colloquialism for the North American raccoon.

Questions about coon's age

What does coon's age mean?
Coon's age means a very long time.
What part of speech is coon's age?
Coon's age is a noun.
What is the plural of coon's age?
The plural of coon's age is coon's ages.

Words near coon's age in the dictionary

  1. Coon Rapids
  2. coon song
  3. coon songs
  4. coon tune
  5. coon tunes
  6. coon's age
  7. coon's ages
  8. coon-ass
  9. coon-asses
  10. coon-dick
  11. coon-eyed

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