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Recent Examples of coonskin
With his yellowy eyes, sadistic laugh and coonskin hat, Farkus looked every bit the villain in this childhood favorite.
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Mike Miller, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The heads of Max, Melvin and Buff (deer, moose and buffalo, respectively) still hang on the wall and comment on the proceedings, while Sammy the Raccoon also is still around — but is no longer acting as a living coonskin cap.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2024
With his yellowy eyes, sadistic laugh and coonskin hat, Farkus looked every bit the villain in this childhood classic.
—Mike Miller, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
The coonskin caps were a harbinger of things to come.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
On a table outside the auction, there’s a black-and-white picture of Smith tucked up under the shoulder of John Wayne, who’s wearing a coonskin cap.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 28 July 2021
Davy Crockett is famous for rocking a coonskin cap up to his dying day, which many historians believe was March 6, 1836 while defending the Alamo.
—René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 25 Aug. 2020
The neuroscience major will officially don the mountaineer’s coonskin cap, buckskins and rifle at the Gold-Blue Spring Game on Saturday, April 18.
—USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2020
Mike Miller, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
The heads of Max, Melvin and Buff (deer, moose and buffalo, respectively) still hang on the wall and comment on the proceedings, while Sammy the Raccoon also is still around — but is no longer acting as a living coonskin cap.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2024
With his yellowy eyes, sadistic laugh and coonskin hat, Farkus looked every bit the villain in this childhood classic.
—Mike Miller, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
The coonskin caps were a harbinger of things to come.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
On a table outside the auction, there’s a black-and-white picture of Smith tucked up under the shoulder of John Wayne, who’s wearing a coonskin cap.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 28 July 2021
Davy Crockett is famous for rocking a coonskin cap up to his dying day, which many historians believe was March 6, 1836 while defending the Alamo.
—René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 25 Aug. 2020
The neuroscience major will officially don the mountaineer’s coonskin cap, buckskins and rifle at the Gold-Blue Spring Game on Saturday, April 18.
—USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coonskin
Noun
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Tall soldiers in bearskin caps shuffled a few inches to the left, or right, to give the parade its proper visual proportions.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stomped around here like rabid Goths wearing bearskin vests.—
Joe Soucheray,
Twin Cities,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Wool was sent to Britain in commercial quantities from 1821, although until 1834 the products of the fisheries, whale oil, and sealskins formed the principal exports.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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But among the 62 artifacts is an Inuvialuit sealskin kayak from the western Arctic, which was the last to come off the plane in its own cargo box, CBC reported.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Before the lean-to was finished, Tom crawled into it and wrapped the deerskin around his feet without taking his boots off.—
Elwyn "Bud" Myers,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
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Down on the edge of the forest, the young men were preparing masks made from bark cloth—very light material, almost like deerskin—on frames.—
Charlie Hobbs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Dec. 2025
Noun
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See where the beaver is going nextNeed a news break?—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Video of the incident shows the boy trying to scramble up the bank to safety as the beaver chases him before biting him on the thigh.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Because George, portrayed by Hugh Jackman, routinely read mysteries to his charges before his sudden demise, these sheep aren’t complete novices, said Wilson Chapman in IndieWire.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
18 May 2026
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Sheep in the Box takes its terrible title from the second chapter in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, in which the narrator, frustrated at his drawings of sheep being deemed inadequate by the character of the title, draws a box and says there’s a sheep inside.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Above all else, the Big East cleared space for college basketball in a world increasingly run roughshod by the pigskin.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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Get Tough Purchase ones made from cowhide, goatskin, or pigskin leather or abrasion-resistant canvas that will be harder for thorns to penetrate.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The flowers attract a diversity of pollinators and are resistant to deer and rabbit browsing.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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There are a few possibilities for non-gopher holes, including the Norway rat, voles, moles, rabbits, ground squirrels and snakes, which don’t dig their own underground burrows but take over old tunnels and improve upon them.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
18 May 2026
Noun
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The decor with sheepskin rugs and arm lamps for reading lights is neither flashy nor overtly quirky, but simple and homey, as if it were designed by a tasteful Scandinavian grandmother who relocated to the wilds of Patagonia.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
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Cushy seating is ideal for napping, reading, working from home, or avoiding the news of course, especially when done up in decadent velvet or plush sheepskin.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Coonskin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coonskin. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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