coon-dick

Alternative forms

• coondick

Etymology

From coon +‎ dick. Coined and used during the prohibition era of the 1930s, referring to how African American migrants illegally transported it in the crotch of their pants.

Noun

coon-dick (uncountable)

1. Bootleg moonshine or other illegal alcohol.
   • 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial (2000), page 176:

     ’Tain’t a thing wrong that a quart of coon-dick wouldn’t cure. You haven’t been gettin’ yo’ right likker lately, eh?”