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coon dick en · NOUN

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (offensive, uncountable) Bootleg moonshine or other illegal alcohol.
   • Guess most the men got drunk on Saturday nights, coon dick they drank, they gambled on Florida Flip, craps, Sissy in the Barn, cooncan; whooped and hollered and sometimes argued and fought with fists, a knife sometimes, gun incidents became lore, like some of the characters did. 2010, Alan Duff, Dreamboat Dad:
   • Thus drank he many fingers of moonshine and swallowed much coon-dick. 2023, Zora Neale Hurston, She Rock:
   • 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:
   • We broke out the coon dick and everybody got drunk. 2006, Cherry Muhanji, Her: A Novel, page 78:
   • 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. (uncountable) The penis bone of a raccoon, typically used as a toothpick or good luck charm.
   • 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:
   • "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:
   • Ya must gotta a lucky 'Coon's Dick' in ya pocket, man. Or, ya got's-ta be cheatin', or somethin', damn!” 2018, William A. James Sr., Hard Times and Survival:
3. (uncountable) 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:

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