Meanings
alternative coondick · alternative coon-dick
- offensiveuncountableBootleg moonshine or other illegal alcohol.
We broke out the coon dick and everybody got drunk.
2006, Cherry Muhanji, Her: A Novel, page 784 more examples
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 146The Deacon collected himself and the bartender walked a jar of coon dick over to Rastus.
2003, Eric Ware, The Hollywood Colored, page 121Guess 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 DadThus drank he many fingers of moonshine and swallowed much coon-dick.
2023, Zora Neale Hurston, She Rock - uncountableThe penis bone of a raccoon, typically used as a toothpick or good luck charm.
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 Survival2 more examples
"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, SineaterThey 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
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.
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