coonskin
Example Sentences
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Mogis remembers Hynes — back in an era when the singer dressed in cardigans and a coonskin cap — asking if there were any cool spots in Omaha to freestyle rap.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2018
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
I didn’t have a big coonskin to add to my collection.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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