coon-dick

A form of coon dick — Bootleg moonshine or other illegal alcohol.

Meanings

nouncoon-dick (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative spelling of coon dick.

    He say, A quart of coon-dick what yew need, Honey. Then he leave.

    2009, John Allen Boyd, Emerson Avery, That Latin Teacher
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    ’Tain’t a thing wrong that a quart of coon-dick wouldn’t cure. You haven’t been gettin’ yo’ right likker lately, eh?”

    1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial, published 2000, page 176

    it was usually filled with “coon-dick toothpicks,” which, he explained, were bones salvaged from the penises of raccoons and used as toothpicks.

    2019, Kevin P. Gilheany, Minding the Helm: An Unlikely Career in the U.S. Coast Guard, page 148

    He worked the loose knot free and shook the contents out into his hand. A small bone fell out first and Cody grinned, despite the grisly scene. “That's a coon-dick toothpick.”

    2021, Reavis Z. Wortham, Laying Bones

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