英语词汇“coonjine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

coonjine

释义

coonjine, n. and v. U.S. slang.|ˈkuːndʒaɪn|
[Origin unknown.]
(See quots.)
1896The Bully (A song) (D.A.), I coonjined in the front door, the coons were dancing high.1933Amer. Speech. VIII. iv. 77/2 Coonjining is the peculiar gait or shuffle that darkies of more than fifty years ago sometimes indulged in, especially along the shores of the Mississippi.1941Chr. Sci. Mon. (Wkly. Mag. Sec.) 3 May 11 Coonjine, a word used originally on the river for the waddling run of Negro rousters with freight across the stage or gangplank... There's almost as much side as forward motion to it. From the gait the word got to mean the songs and jingles to the singing of which the Negro rousters jerked themselves along.1944W. Blair Tall Tale America 211 At work he'd joke and sing his songs,—coonjine, and he was a good worker.1948Sat. Rev. 26 June 15/1 The Negro roustabouts who coonjined freight up and down the stage planks of our river steamers.1958Blesh & Janis They all played Ragtime ii. 38 The shouts of roustabouts coonjining to the plink-plank of banjos.

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