"coon-dick" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} coon-dick (uncountable)
  1. Alternative spelling of coon dick. Tags: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Alternative form of: coon dick
    Sense id: en-coon-dick-en-noun-200pv0W1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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