cooney ((2))†

[< Am. E < Sp. cuna cradle]

West

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a sheet of cowhide or, nowadays, canvas, lashed under the bed of a chuckwagon, and used to carry fuel.

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1963

Under the wagon was commonly slung a cowhide "cooney" into which dried brush or cow chips were chucked in the event of a shortage of fuel.