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
This barracoon was a shed built of heavy piles driven down into the earth, lashed together with bamboos, and thatched with palm-leaves.
From The Three Midshipmen by Victor Prout
“But what about the barracoon which you destroyed to-day, sir?” asked Purchase.
From A Middy of the Slave Squadron A West African Story by D.L. Mays
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 Bertram Mitford
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