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cookie

cookie

33 8.5
A person who prepares food for people at a camp or ranch
  • noun
  • /ˈkʊki/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cocinero
  • The camp hired a skilled cookie to prepare the meals for the hikers during their trip.

Examples

  • But she never complained; she's a tough cookie. Martha just sighed in awe at the jewel we were creating.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • As a talented cookie, he was responsible for all the outdoor cooking at the summer camp.

  • Up there in Ohio, they called her a smart cookie, one smart cookie.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • - Like what? - Like that you're, uh, one tough cookie.

  • Frenchy was married, and had a son before he signed up, so he had a sentimental side, but he was one tough cookie.

  • I always know my territory. "You're a tough cookie, aren't you?" I said.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The young cookie impressed everyone with his ability to create delicious dishes in the rustic kitchen.

Synonyms

cook
vscookie
356 1.0

A person who prepares food at home or at work

refers specifically to those cooking at a ranch or camp rather than any setting
cooky
vscookie
  • Archaic
3 9.5

A person who cooks for workers on a ranch or at a camp

has identical meaning but is a variant form used in ranch or camp speech

Compounds

29 2.8

A thin sweet biscuit with a paper message inside often served after meals at Chinese restaurants

A flat sweet baked biscuit with small pieces of chocolate

13 1.0

A container that holds cookies and sometimes money

9 1.1

A flat sweet cookie made from simple dough often decorated with icing or sugar

9 1.6

A flat metal tray that you use to bake cookies in an oven

cookie-cutter
  • Informal
6 6.5

Not original and very similar to many others

5 1.0

A small crisp cookie made with a lot of butter

cookie cutter
  • Informal
4 4.8

Made in a simple, predictable way so many things look the same

4 1.0

A sweet baked cookie made with oats, often with raisins or nuts

4 1.0

A chocolate sandwich biscuit with sweet white cream between two dark biscuits

2 2.7

A small tool that cuts dough into shapes for baking cookies

A small sweet baked treat with raisins

A cookie with chocolate chips made from the original Toll House recipe

sharp cookie
  • Informal
1 5.6

A clever person who understands things quickly

A small sweet baked treat made with ground almonds

1 2.5

A sweet baked treat flavored with warm spices like cinnamon

1 2.5

A soft, chewy cookie sweetened with molasses and spiced with ginger and cinnamon

session cookie
  • Texting
1 4.9

A small temporary browser file deleted when you close the browser that keeps you logged in

A rich biscuit made with lots of butter and sugar, crisp and crumbly

cookie jar reserve
  • Specialized
9.9

A hidden amount of money a company keeps to make profits look steady

cookie jar
  • Texting
3.7

A part of a web browser or program that keeps small pieces of information for signing in and site settings

4.4

Something that looks the same as many others and has no new ideas

3.4

About the same size as a cookie

5.6

A small sweet biscuit made with anise seed that tastes a little like licorice

A cookie with a sweet raisin and nut filling

A small sweet made from dough shaped into a roll, kept cold, sliced, and baked

8.2

A small file stored on your device that websites keep to remember your choices for future visits

How Senior

chef
559 2.3
headwaiter
1 4.2
cookie
  • Archaic
33 8.5
kitchen help
1 2.5

Surface Forms

cookie singular
cookies plural

Morphology

cookie = cook (semi-transparent) = cook + ie

The word is clearly built on 'cook', but the diminutive or familiar suffix '-ie' is only partly productive and the camp/ranch sense is somewhat specialized.

Etymology

Cookie meaning a camp or ranch cook comes from the word cook, meaning someone who makes food, with a friendly '-ie' ending. That's why a 'cookie' on a ranch is the person who cooks for the workers.