coon vs grub

coon

noun
  • A black person. 

  • A member of a colorfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations. 

  • A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians. 

  • A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps. 

  • A raccoon. 

verb
  • To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek. 

  • To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes. 

  • To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians. 

  • To traverse by crawling, as a ledge. 

  • To hunt raccoons. 

grub

noun
  • A dirty person. 

  • An insect at an immature stage of its life cycle. 

  • Food. 

  • A despicable person; a lowlife. 

verb
  • To scavenge or in some way scrounge, typically for food. 

  • To dig; to dig up by the roots; to root out by digging; often followed by up. 

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