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coon dick

coon dick noun: bootleg moonshine or other illegal alcohol.

Noun

coon dick (uncountable)

  1. (offensive) Bootleg moonshine or other illegal alcohol.
    • I was beginning to think he'd run out of Fuss-X and done filled up instead of home-brewed coon dick, which meant any time now he'd be fighting whatever come near, thinking he was crawling with monkies.2000, Andy Duncan, Beluthahatchie and Other Stories, page 146
    • The Deacon collected himself and the bartender walked a jar of coon dick over to Rastus.2003, Eric Ware, The Hollywood Colored, page 121
  2. The penis bone of a raccoon, typically used as a toothpick or good luck charm.
    • "Oh, you want to see this," says the boy. “It's a coon dick.” A tiny, leathery hit of tissue on a length of blue yarn is swung in Joel's face.2015, Elizabeth Massie, Sineater
    • They were leading a discussion about coon dicks, the penises of raccoons made into necklaces and worn for good luck.2018, Robert Gordon, Memphis Rent Party: The Blues, Rock & Soul in Music's Hometown
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see coon, dick.
    • Here she was thinking she had a strapping black Mandingo and she ended up with an Uncle Tom, Ain't no way her pussy was gon' get wet for coon dick.2018, Midnite Love, Finessed By Becky Fooled By Tyrone, →ISBN, page 43

Forms of coon dick

alternative formcoondick
alternative formcoon-dick

Origin of coon dick

From coon + dick. For the alcohol, the term was coined and used during the prohibition era of the 1930s, referring to how African Americans illegally transported it in the crotch of their pants.

Questions about coon dick

What does coon dick mean?
Coon dick means bootleg moonshine or other illegal alcohol.
What part of speech is coon dick?
Coon dick is a noun.

Words near coon dick in the dictionary

  1. Coomoora
  2. cooms
  3. coon
  4. coon cat
  5. coon cats
  6. coon dick
  7. coon dog
  8. coon dogs
  9. coon eyes
  10. coon grape
  11. coon hound

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