Phrase guide
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A minstrel show character stereotypically depicted as an unintelligent black man incapable of assimilating into white American society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A black man.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, derogatory, ethnic, obsolete, offensive, slur
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noun
A black person who accepts an inferior social status to white people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Qualifier: African-American Vernacular
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of zip coon.
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Usage: alt-of
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History
From a minstrel song titled Ole Zip Coon (1834) where the character made its first appearance.
From a minstrel song titled Ole Zip Coon (1834) about a minstrel show character named Zip Coon. The song stereotypically portrays Zip Coon as unintelligent and incapable of assimilating into white American society.
