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coon-ass

coon-ass is the alternative form of coonass.

Meaning of coonass

Noun

coonass (plural coonasses)

  1. (ethnic, offensive, slur, sometimes) A Cajun (a member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, living primarily in Southern Louisiana).
    • Then I took off a-running like a motorcycle / Heard the bullets whining and the sirens wail / It took half the cops in Dallas County / Just to put one coonass boy in jail1971, Charlie Daniels, “Trudy”, in Charlie Daniels
    Synonyms:
    Cajun

Forms of coon-ass

pluralcoon-asses

Questions about coon-ass

What is coon-ass the alternative form of?
Coon-ass is the alternative form of coonass.

Words near coon-ass in the dictionary

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

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