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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COONCAN

COONCAN Coon "can, n. [Corrupt of conquian. ]

 

Defn: A game of cards derived from conquian, played by two or more players with one or two full packs of cards.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cooncan

coon can |ˈko͞onˌkan ˈkunkæn | ▶noun a card game for two players, originally from Mexico, similar to rummy. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: probably from Spanish con quién ‘with whom? ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

cooncan

cooncan |ˈkuːnkan | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a card game for two players, originally from Mexico, similar to rummy. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: probably from Spanish con quién ‘with whom? ’.