coon's age

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Definitions of coon's age words

noun coon's age a long time 3
noun coon's age an indefinitely long time 3
noun coon's age a long time: I haven't seen you in a coon's age! 1
noun coon's age (Idiomatic) (US, colloquial) A very long time. 0

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Origin of coon's age

First appearance:

before 1835

One of the 34% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1835-45

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Parts of speech for Coon's age

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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coon's age popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 61% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for coon's age

noun coon's age

blue moon — If you say that something happens once in a blue moon, you are emphasizing that it does not happen very often at all.
ages — the length of time during which a being or thing has existed; length of life or existence to the time spoken of or referred to: trees of unknown age; His age is 20 years.
dog's age — quite a long time: I haven't seen you in a dog's age!
donkey's years — a very long time; eons.

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