coon's age
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coon's age
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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.
noun coon's ages
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A very long time.
Jarn hasn't seen Schnie in a coon's age.
Similar: dog's age
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howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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