coon vs sable

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. 

sable

noun
  • A black colour on a coat of arms (Wikipedia). 

  • Black garments, especially worn in mourning. 

  • The sablefish. 

  • An artist's brush made from the fur of the sable (Wikipedia). 

  • The fur or pelt of the sable or other species of martens; a coat made from this fur. 

  • A small carnivorous mammal of the Old World that resembles a weasel, Martes zibellina, from cold regions in Eurasia and the North Pacific islands, valued for its dark brown fur (Wikipedia). 

  • A dark brown colour, resembling the fur of some sables. 

  • The marten, especially Martes americana (syn. Mustela americana). 

adj
  • Of the black colour sable. 

  • Dark, somber. 

  • Made of sable fur. 

  • In blazon, of the colour black. 

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