Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A black person. · A raccoon. · A black race traitor. · A member of a colorfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo hunt raccoons. · To traverse by crawling, as a ledge. · To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek. · To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
Clipping of raccoon.
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