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coonskin

[ koon-skin ]

noun

  1. the pelt of a raccoon.
  2. an article of clothing made of coonskin, especially a cap with a tail.


adjective

  1. made of coonskin:

    a coonskin cap.

coonskin

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noun

  1. the pelt of a raccoon
  2. a raccoon cap with the tail hanging at the back
  3. an overcoat made of raccoon
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of coonskin1

An Americanism dating back to 1615–25; coon + skin
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In 1954, Disney sparked a youth craze with its “Davy Crockett†serial, with the TV frontiersman’s trademark coonskin cap becoming a must-have for children.

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Certain classics — rubber alligators and coonskin caps — remain popular, as do Mexican blankets and Baja jackets.

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Glover, a neuroscience major, will officially don the mountaineer’s coonskin cap, buckskins and rifle at the Gold-Blue Spring Game on Saturday, April 18.

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Skinned and tanned, he could become a passable coonskin cap.

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Mom cut a faux fur coat into a Davy Crockett coonskin cap that I wore defending the Alamo.

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