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cookie Definition


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cookie
noun cookies
    (chiefly N Amer)
    1. A biscuit.
    (Scots)
    2. A bun.
    3. colloq
      A person.
      Example: a smart cookie
Idiom: That's the way the cookie crumbles
    ( Amer)
    colloq
    That's the way it goes; That's how things usually turn out.
Etymology: 18c: from Dutch koekje, diminutive of koek cake.



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