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coonjine

coonjine noun: a kind of rhythmic shuffling dance performed by, or imitating the characteristic movements of, deckhands on riverboats.

Noun

coonjine (plural coonjines)

  1. (US, historical) A kind of rhythmic shuffling dance performed by, or imitating the characteristic movements of, deckhands on riverboats.

Verb

coonjine (third-person singular simple present coonjines, present participle coonjining, simple past and past participle coonjined)

  1. (US, historical) To perform such a dance.

Forms of coonjine

Noun
pluralcoonjines
Verb
third-person singular presentcoonjines
present participlecoonjining
past participlecoonjined
pastcoonjined

Questions about coonjine

What does coonjine mean?
Coonjine means a kind of rhythmic shuffling dance performed by, or imitating the characteristic movements of, deckhands on riverboats.
What part of speech is coonjine?
Coonjine can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of coonjine?
The plural of coonjine is coonjines.

Words near coonjine in the dictionary

  1. Coonie
  2. cooning
  3. cooning it
  4. coonish
  5. coonishness
  6. coonjine
  7. coonjined
  8. coonjines
  9. coonjining
  10. coonkie
  11. coonkies

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