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Posted by Bruce Kahl on April 06, 2005

In Reply to: Saying Origin posted by Betsy on April 06, 2005

: Does anyone know what the saying "In a coon's age" means?

It means to live a long time.

Racoons here in the NE part of the US are usually seen as road kill but maybe they live a long time elsewhere.

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