zip coon
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A minstrel show character stereotypically depicted as an unintelligent black man incapable of assimilating into white American society.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of zip coon.
Example Sentences
- "Arter a while we got done—but it looked like I had bad luck for in sittin' down agin I lik'd to have sot on Barbry's tom cat, which if I had, I shoulder bin like Kurnel Zip Coon's wife who jump'd into a holler log to mash two young panters to deth, and they scratched her so bad she couldn t set down for two munse."
- ""De gal w'at git ole Brer Jack 'ull git a natchul pacer, sho'. He move mo' one-sideder dan ole Zip Coon, w'ich he rack up de branch all night long wid he nose p'int lak he gwine 'cross.""
- "I'm ther old eriginal zip-coon, And that uther coon er sottin' on er rail; And I'm that same old coon What allers war er coon, And that never got er lickin' till yet."
- "There were many names for the coon stock character. He has been referred to as the urban zip coon, dancing dandy, and, most notably, Sambo, the happy slave."
- "Dixon's "Zip Coon" celebrated such a dandy in 1834, and the engraving on the cover of the sheet music portrayed a zip coon in just such a jacket."
- "George Dixon first portrayed the zip coon in 1834."
Etymology
From a minstrel song titled Ole Zip Coon (1834) about a minstrel show character named Zip Coon. The song stereotypically portrays Zip Coon as unintelligent and incapable of assimilating into white American society.
Usage
- American usage
- Derogatory
- Obsolete
- Offensive
- Dated