coonskin cap

See also: coon-skin cap

English

a coonskin cap

Alternative forms

• coonskin hat, coon-skin cap, coon-skin hat

Noun

coonskin cap (plural coonskin caps)

1. (chiefly US) Headwear made from the pelt of a raccoon with the tail hanging in back, often associated with the iconic imagery of such American frontiersmen as Davy Crockett.
   • 1965, Bob Dylan, Subterranean Homesick Blues:

     Look out kid
     It's somethin' you did
     God knows when
     But you're doin' it again
     You better duck down the alley way
     Lookin' for a new frien'
     The man in the coon-skin cap
     In the big pen
     Wants eleven dollar bills
     You only got ten.

Synonyms

• Davy Crockett hat