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raccoon†
[< Algonk.]
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a fur-bearing mammal, Procyn lotor, of North America; also, the fur of this animal.
Quotations
1764
On the 10th Day of August next, will be sold a large Quantity of Furrs, consisting of Beavers, Otters, Martins, Racoons, Foxes. . . .
1765-75
These Wood aford Partreages . . . Rackcones, sum Wild Pigins.
1811
The highest price in Cash for Pot and Pearl Ashes, Flour, Beaver, Racoon and Musk-rat Skins.
1955
. . . the rest of the somnolent brotherhood [are] respectively, the bear, the raccoon, the skunk, the woodchuck, the chipmunk, and the bat.