Meaning of zip coon | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A black man.
   US, derogatory, ethnic, obsolete, offensive, slur
2. A minstrel show character stereotypically depicted as an unintelligent black man incapable of assimilating into white American society.
3. Alternative letter-case form of zip coon.
   alt-of
4. A black person who accepts an inferior social status to white people.
   dated

Examples

“Arter a while we got done—but it looked like⟳ I had bad luck for in sittin' down agin I lik'd to have⟳ sot on Barbry's tom cat, which if I had, I shoulder bin like⟳ Kurnel Zip Coon's wife who jump'd into a holler log⟳ to mash two young panters to deth, and they scratched her so bad she couldn t set⟳ down for two munse.”

“"De gal w'at git ole Brer Jack 'ull git a natchul pacer, sho'. He move⟳ mo' one-sideder dan ole Zip Coon, w'ich he rack up de branch all night long wid he nose p'int lak he gwine 'cross."”

“I'm ther old eriginal zip-coon, And that uther coon er sottin' on er rail; And I'm that same old coon What allers war er coon, And that never got er lickin' till yet.”

“There were many names for the coon stock⟳ character. He has been referred to as the urban zip coon, dancing dandy, and, most notably, Sambo, the happy slave.”

“Dixon's "Zip Coon" celebrated such a dandy in 1834, and the engraving on the cover⟳ of the sheet music portrayed a zip coon in just such a jacket.”

“George Dixon first portrayed the zip coon in 1834.”

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