Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coon's age

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English

Syllables: coon's age
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A very long time.

American usage; Colloquial; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Jarn hasn't seen Schnie in a coon's age."
"We've been waiting a coon's age for our damn food."

Etymology

An Americanism recorded in 1843 and probably related to the old English expression in a crow's age meaning the same. Coon is a colloquialism for the North American raccoon.

Usage

Inflected Forms

coon's ages (plural)

Synonyms

dog's age

Questions

What does coon's age mean?: A very long time.
Where does coon's age come from?: An Americanism recorded in 1843 and probably related to the old English expression in a crow's age meaning the same. Coon is a colloquialism for the North American raccoon.

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