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coon's age

noun

Definition of COON'S AGE

: a long while <haven't seen him in a coon's age>

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First Known Use of COON'S AGE

1843

Related to COON'S AGE

Synonyms: aeon (or eon), blue moon, age, cycle, donkey's years [chiefly British], eternity, forever, long, months, moon

Rhymes with COON'S AGE

backstage, birdcage, broad-gauge, dark age, downstage, encage, engage, enrage, forestage, front-page, greengage, ice age, Iron Age, new age, offstage, onstage, outrage, presage, rampage, rib cage, road rage, roll cage, soundstage, space-age, substage, teenage, thrust stage, uncage, upstage

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