Topic: FOOD
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| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Language: | Dutch |
| Origin: | koekje, from koek 'cake' |
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cook‧ie
[countable]
[countable]1 especially American EnglishDF a small flat sweet cake [= biscuit British English] a glass of milk and a cookie a chocolate chip cookie
a glass of milk and a cookiea chocolate chip cookie2 someone who is clever and successful, and knows how to get what they want
tough/smart cookie
informal3 said when something bad has happened and you must accept things the way they are, even though you do not want to
that's the way the cookie crumbles
informal4TD technical information that a website leaves in your computer so that the website will recognize you when you use it again
5 American English old-fashioned an attractive young woman
