barracoon
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of barracoon
1850–55, < Spanish barracón, equivalent to barrac ( a ) hut ( see barrack 1) + -on augmentative suffix
Example Sentences
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These newcomers patrol the coast like abolitionist avengers, superpowering their way through every coffle and barracoon they encounter.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2019
“De barracoon we in ain’ the only slave pen at the place,” he remembers.
From Slate • Jun. 7, 2018
I designed, also, if advisable, to erect another receiving barracoon under the lee of Cape Mount.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Mayer, Brantz
At all events we had certainly lost our way, and had not the slightest idea on what side of us lay the river, or the barque, or the barracoon of King Dingo Bingo.
From Ran Away to Sea by Reid, Mayne
It is the prize barracoon of that connexion, and its habitués fondly cherish the conviction that it is a second Milan.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Mitford, Bertram
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