tootsoon

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Etymology[edit]

A corruption of Italian tizzone.

Noun[edit]

tootsoon (plural tootsoons)

  1. (US, ethnic slur) A black person.
    • 1993, Nick Vasile, A Member of the Family:
      "A business acquaintance. I use his company as a source of capital for some of my deals. I used them last year to refinance a nuts-and-bolts company for a coupla blacks doin' work for the Navy. [] They were so grateful they made me their controller. Who can figure tootsoons?"
    • 1993, Alan Bowne, A Snake in the Vein, page 24:
      (Gesturing offstage) You are gonna tap one of these tootsoons and get me a disposable.

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