Synonyms for cookie


Grammar : Noun
Spell : koo k-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʊk i


Définition of cookie

Origin :
  • 1703, American English, from Dutch koekje "little cake," diminutive of koek "cake," from Middle Dutch koke (see cake (n.)). Slang application to persons attested since 1920. Phrase that's the way the cookie crumbles "that's the way things happen" is from 1957.
  • noun baked good
Example sentences :
  • There was always an open sesame to the cookie jar and the apple barrel.
  • Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
  • The girl studied him for a moment, then she picked up a cookie and gave it to him.
  • Extract from : « Foundling on Venus » by John de Courcy
  • You know this is the first day of school and you can't run for a cookie if you get hungry.
  • Extract from : « Patchwork » by Anna Balmer Myers
  • "Only eight," mumbled Myra, with her mouth full of cookie crumbs.
  • Extract from : « Tabitha's Vacation » by Ruth Alberta Brown
  • It was a fact that Cayke the Cookie Cook was not a heavy person.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Princess of Oz » by L. Frank Baum
  • "We know that, already," answered Cayke the Cookie Cook, impatiently.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Princess of Oz » by L. Frank Baum
  • "It may be a far better country than this is," suggested the Cookie Cook.
  • Extract from : « The Lost Princess of Oz » by L. Frank Baum
  • Araminta gave him a cookie and advised him to go down by the brook.
  • Extract from : « Sunny Boy in the Country » by Ramy Allison White
  • Mrs. Alder gave her a cookie for her pay, and said she had done very well.
  • Extract from : « Clematis » by Bertha B. Cobb
  • "Before, when we put them in the cookie jar, they escaped," said Jeremiah.
  • Extract from : « The Cat in Grandfather's House » by Carl Henry Grabo

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