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Word: coonship (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...there till he died at 100. Old Bas died while he was making a political oration on the Fourth of July and got too excited cussing the Republican candidate, Abe Lincoln. Phinizy County had begun to get a little sissified by the time Young Bas took over the he-coonship at 70. Richard Whiting, who bought land from Old Bas, was an aristocrat. He brought slaves and blooded horses; pretty soon he brought a wife, who was a real lady...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Phinizy County | 4/26/1937 | See Source »

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