Green’s Dictionary of Slang

ditsoon n.

also titsun
[Ital. dial. titsune, an ember, something burnt]

(US) a black person.

PBS Online Newsletter 🌐 ACTOR ONE: So we do understand each other here? You’re a titsun? ACTOR: Excuse me? ACTOR ONE: Charcoal briquette, a Moulin yan.
L. Manfredo ‘Case Closed’ in Brooklyn Noir 210: ‘She a dit-soon?’ ‘A what?’ McQueen asked. Rizzo shook his head. ‘Is she black?’.
www.jumptheshark.com 🌐 Being an African-American, even I am not offended by the so-called ‘Racist’ remarks. Yes, I have heard the words ‘Ditsoon’ and ‘mulignan,’ and all I do is just laugh it off.
[US]D. Winslow The Force [ebook] Anyway [...] the wops won’t be beating up any deadbeat ditzunes out on Lenox.