coonskin
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It also turns the leaders of the AI companies into Lewis and Clark in coonskin caps with parchment maps, bravely surveying our country that it might understand its true size.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
What appears to be Daniel Boone’s mythical coonskin cap 56.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2016
In one sketch Lester comes out with a plaid shirt, a coonskin cap, and a meat cleaver.
From Slate ● May 10, 2015
Daniel Boone preferred beaver pelt to coonskin caps, says Crane, who seems truly offended that Abbie recalls this pioneer mainly for the raccoon he wore on his head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2014
You were only two years old, and you had on that little coonskin hat with the fur around it and a little plaid jacket to match, and I said, “This is my son.”
From "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by LeAlan Jones
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