coonskin

Example Sentences

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An otherwise urban-dwelling sophisticate, he cultivated a rustic demeanor for France’s benefit, uncharacteristically donning a coonskin hat and simple clothes to impress cosseted aristocrats and ordinary Parisians alike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Mom cut a faux fur coat into a Davy Crockett coonskin cap that I wore defending the Alamo.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2019

One assignment, during the Davy Crockett craze that swept the United States on the heels of a Walt Disney mini-series, was to paint eight-foot-wide coonskin caps.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2017

What appears to be Daniel Boone’s mythical coonskin cap 56.

From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2016

I didn’t have a big coonskin to add to my collection.

From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls