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tootsoon

tootsoon noun: a black person.

Noun

tootsoon (plural tootsoons)

  1. (US, ethnic, slur) A black person.
    • "A business acquaintance. I use his company as a source of capital for some of my deals. I used them last year to refinance a nuts-and-bolts company for a coupla blacks doin' work for the Navy. […] They were so grateful they made me their controller. Who can figure tootsoons?"1993, Nick Vasile, A Member of the Family
    • (Gesturing offstage) You are gonna tap one of these tootsoons and get me a disposable.1993, Alan Bowne, A Snake in the Vein, page 24

Forms of tootsoon

pluraltootsoons
alternative formtootsune
alternative formtutsoon

Origin of tootsoon

A corruption of Italian tizzone.

Questions about tootsoon

What does tootsoon mean?
Tootsoon means a black person.
What part of speech is tootsoon?
Tootsoon is a noun.
What is the plural of tootsoon?
The plural of tootsoon is tootsoons.

Words near tootsoon in the dictionary

  1. Tootoosis
  2. toots
  3. toots one's own horn
  4. tootsie
  5. tootsies
  6. tootsoon
  7. tootsoons
  8. tootsune
  9. tootsunes
  10. tootsy
  11. tootsy-wootsies

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