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coonass, n, also attrib 


... live by trapping and fishing. Louisiana—near Baton Rouge and elsewhere. Term of derogation : implies ignorance, primitiveness. 1970 Tarpley Blinky 257 n eTX , Familiar...
chiefly Louisiana, southeastern Texasorig derog; now sometimes neutral or accepted
A person of Acadian French heritage; also transf: see quot 1980.