cooncan
English
Etymology
From Spanish con quién (“with whom?”).
Noun
cooncan (uncountable)
- (card games) A card game originally from Mexico, similar to rummy where the object is to form sequences.
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad 2013, p. 110:
- Tea Cake and Janie playing checkers; playing coon-can; playing Florida flip on the store porch all afternoon as if nobody else was there.
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Amistad 2013, p. 110:
Synonyms
- conquian