coon's age

Also, a dog's age. A very long time, as in I haven't seen Sam in a coon's age, or It's been a dog's age since I went to the ballpark. The first phrase rests on the mistaken idea that raccoons ("coons") live a long time. The variant may reflect a similar assumption but the true origin is not known. [c. 1835] Also see donkey's years.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nazario	nah-TSAH-ryo (Italian), nah-THAH-ryo (Spanish), nah-SAH-ryo (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Xavier	['zeivjə(r)]
Pradeep	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali
&Thorn;ÓRleikr	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Polina	pah-LEE-nah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
Pramod	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada