单词 | coon-skin |
释义 | > as lemmascoon-skin coon-skin n. originally U.S. the skin of the racoon, used as a fur (usually attributive). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of raccoon raccoon1608 coon-skin1818 1818 A. Royall Lett. from Alabama (1830) 103 He..axed Merchant if he didn't want to trade for some coonskins. 1836 W. G. Simms Mellichampe I. i. 22 He gathered up his rifle, drew the 'coon-skin cap over his eyes. 1836 D. Crockett Exploits & Adventures in Texas (1837) 5 I threw down the coon skin upon the counter, and called for a quart. 1840 W. G. Simms Border Beagles II. vi. 91 A coonskin cap..completed this parody on man. 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xx. 264 There is a jauntiness in the set of that coon-skin cap. 1874 E. Eggleston Circuit Rider v. 53 His picturesque coon-skin cap gives him the look of a hunter. 1895 Outing (U.S.) 27 72/2 We saw coon-skin hats, coon-skin waist-coats, while on the trees around the shingle camp were nailed scores of coon skins. 1908 R. Kipling Lett. of Trav. (1920) 132 They had already been wearing wolf and coon skin coats. 1948 Manch. Guardian Weekly 1 Jan. 9 A man in a coonskin cap appeared. 1963 R. Snedigar Our Small Native Animals (ed. 2) 34 Such wearers of coonskin caps as Daniel Boone, Crockett, Audubon. < as lemmas |
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