The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word COONS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1953.
Furnishers of coats and hats crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| COONS | 100 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Furnishers of coats and hats
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- coatrack
- outerwear
- valet
- cloakroom
- coat rack
- hall stand
- hallstand
- hatrack
- stand
- abode
- excellency
- article
Crossword Answer definitions
COONS noun- (racial slur) A black person.
- A raccoon.
- A member of a colourfully dressed dance troupe in Cape Town during New Year celebrations.
- A coonass; a white Acadian French person who lives in the swamps.
- A sly fellow.
- A black person who "plays the coon"; that is, who plays the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
- To hunt raccoons.
- To traverse by crawling, as a ledge.
- To crawl while straddling, especially in crossing a creek.
- (Georgia (US)) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
- (of an African American) To play the dated stereotype of a black fool for an audience, particularly including Caucasians.
- To steal.
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