coon

• The coon was almost always near the woods, and this gave him a chance of escape. —  Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago
• I didn't even know the coon was a racial slur until people started commenting on it, and I watched the episode since and see nothing racist about it. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
• And again, the use of the word coon was * meant* to provoke a reaction, its what south park does. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
• If seen by them he may be asked for an explanation, which he is not prepared to give To avoid being called upon for it, he skulks in among the cabins; still carrying the dog under his arm, lest the latter may take a fancy to go smelling among the utensils of some other darkey's kitchen, and betray his presence in the "quarter Fortunately for the coon-hunter, the little "shanty" that claims him as its tenant stands at the outward extremity of the row of cabins--nearest the path leading to the plantation woodland. —  The Death Shot A Story Retold
• For the coon-hunter had never told Jupe of Helen Armstrong's letter. —  The Death Shot A Story Retold

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