coon's age

短语

词形变化

coon's ages 复数 coon's ages

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A very long time.

    美国 非正式 习语 不可数

    Jarn hasn't seen Schnie in a coon's age.

    We've been waiting a coon's age for our damn food.

词源

An Americanism recorded in 1843 and probably related to the old English expression in a crow's age meaning the same. Coon is a colloquialism for the North American raccoon.

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