coonskin cap

coonskin cap
Headwear made of a pelt of a raccoon with the tail hanging in back, often associated with the iconic imagery of such American frontiersmen as .

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  • Coonskin cap — A coonskin cap is a hat fashioned from the skin and fur of a raccoon. The original coonskin cap consisted of the entire skin of the raccoon including its head and tail. Beginning as traditional Native American headgear, coonskin caps became… …   Wikipedia

  • coonskin cap — noun a raccoon cap with the tail hanging down the back • Syn: ↑coonskin • Hypernyms: ↑cap …   Useful english dictionary

  • coonskin — n. a cap made from the skin of a raccoon, with the tail hanging down the back; called also coonskin cap. Syn: coonskin cap. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Coonskin — can be: The skin of a Raccoon coonskin cap, a type of hat Coonskin, a 1975 animated film by Ralph Bakshi This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …   Wikipedia

  • coonskin — /koohn skin /, n. 1. the pelt of a raccoon. 2. an article of clothing made of coonskin, esp. a cap with a tail. adj. 3. made of coonskin: a coonskin cap. [1615 25, Amer.; COON + SKIN] * * * …   Universalium

  • coonskin — noun The pelt of a raccoon The man in the coonskin cap / In the big pen / Wants eleven dollar bills / But you only got ten …   Wiktionary

  • coonskin — noun Date: 1818 1. the skin or pelt of the raccoon 2. an article (as a cap or coat) made of coonskin …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • coonskin — n. 1 the skin of a racoon. 2 a cap etc. made of this …   Useful english dictionary

  • Raccoon — For other species called raccoon in the genus Procyon, see Procyon (genus). For other uses, see Raccoon (disambiguation). Raccoon …   Wikipedia

  • hat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cap, headgear, bonnet; headdress; derby, bowler; turban, cloche. See clothing. pass the hat II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. headgear, cap, millinery, headpiece, helmet, chapeau, bonnet, lid*, roof*, bean… …   English dictionary for students

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