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1North American A sweet biscuit.
- ‘But we don't have to give up the delicious combination of creamy icing and crisp chocolate cookie.’
- ‘The preparations will include varieties of rice items, sweets, fried items, cookies, cakes and juices.’
- ‘People set aside time to make cookies, cakes, and decorations.’
- ‘Instead of just cookies and cakes, there will be some sandwiches.’
- ‘When patients couldn't pay, they sometimes brought him a homemade cake or cookies or fresh fruit.’
- ‘Only, the characters here were real and not necessarily out on a picnic with sweet lemonade, ham sandwiches, home-made cookies and cakes.’
- ‘The other squash we know and like is pumpkin, a winter squash used almost exclusively for pie in our country and to a lesser extent for baked goods such as breads, cakes and cookies.’
- ‘For her, the most special family tradition is Christmas baking, which involves preparing delicious cakes and cookies for the whole family.’
- ‘For example, it may simply add bulk to stews and stuffings, or nice moist textures to cakes, cookies and loaves.’
- ‘Whole leaves ground to a fine spice-like powder can be used as seasoning or in backing recipes for breads, cookies, cakes, and muffins.’
- ‘This may involve candy, some cake and/or cookies, alcohol if your workplace allows it, etc.’
- ‘Enjoy the famous bake sale with homemade cakes, pies and cookies.’
- ‘The new recipe produced some very flat cookies.’
- ‘Then wrap up those cookies and cakes for neighbors, coworkers and friends - they make a great low-cost, thoughtful gift.’
- ‘Why aren't we making the good stuff, like cookies or cake?’
- ‘I know I shouldn't eat cakes and cookies, but are potatoes and corn OK?’
- ‘She was an excellent cook, and she actually loved doing it, which was why there were always cakes and cookies to look forward to after school.’
- ‘Keep in mind, too, that we don't generally eat an entire meal of walnuts but use them as a garnish or as flavor bursts in cookies and cakes.’
- ‘I have experienced occasional heartburn after I have eaten sugary snacks like cake, pie and cookies.’
- ‘Cloves and allspice are a festive combination, famous for flavoring holiday pies, cakes and cookies.’
2informal A person of a specified kind.
‘she's a tough cookie’- ‘It is a waiting game and a praying game but he is a tough cookie.’
- ‘If they say I'm a tough cookie, it's because they're sloppy.’
- ‘But Andy is a tough cookie, and he is sticking it out.’
- ‘Once you've driven your flag into the North Pole, proven to yourself that you're actually a pretty tough cookie, what's the point in doing it again?’
- ‘Of course, I had always known she was a tough cookie.’
- ‘You're one tough cookie when it comes to forgiveness.’
- ‘She's a smart cookie, a ‘tough cookie,’ as one character mockingly calls her.’
- ‘You don't know what it's like until you're there, and I'm a pretty tough cookie myself.’
- ‘But he is a very tough cookie indeed, having been brought up in the military atmosphere of West Point.’
- ‘After all, I am used to seeing her as a pretty tough cookie.’
- ‘Coles is a tough cookie, and that impresses his teammates the most.’
- ‘Dylan's a tough cookie, and you can read all about it on his very engaging and frequently updated website.’
- ‘Butler, a tough cookie if ever there was one, refused to crumble after he was diagnosed with lung cancer on July 4.’
- ‘Jenn's one tough cookie but she has a heart of gold.’
- ‘Vanessa Craft meets one tough cookie who's definitely in control.’
- ‘They were tough cookies, some of them, really tough cookies but they were also terribly warm-hearted.’
- ‘Besides, I'm a tough little cookie - you said so yourself.’
- ‘The older women were tough cookies let me tell you.’
- ‘Mr Gove is a smart cookie, and he is trying to suggest one.’
- ‘Because - listen to this and believe it - you're a smart cookie.’
person, human being, human, being, mortal, soul, creature, thing3Scottish A plain bun.
4Computing
A packet of data sent by an Internet server to a browser, which is returned by the browser each time it subsequently accesses the same server, used to identify the user or track their access to the server.- ‘Some servers use cookies to track users from site to site, and some use them to uncover the identity of the user.’
- ‘He had failed to grasp the fact that the browser itself stores the cookies on the user's hard drive.’
- ‘The main purpose of a cookie is to identify users and possibly prepare customized Web pages for them.’
- ‘The use of advertising cookies sent by third-party servers is standard in the Internet industry.’
- ‘Companies using cookies and other internet tracking devices will have to provide information to users, giving them the chance to opt out.’
Phrases
- that's the way the cookie crumbles
That's the way the situation is, and it must be accepted, however undesirable.
‘‘It's so unfair.’ ‘That's the way the cookie crumbles.’’- ‘Because that's the way the cookie crumbles, boy.’
- ‘Sorry, that's the way the cookie crumbles.’
- ‘It's crass and I apologize, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.’
- ‘Oh well, I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles…’
- ‘Unrealistic, but that's the way the cookie crumbles for me.’
- ‘But that's the way the cookie crumbles as they say and I look back in pensive mood at those happier days when we were proud to have her as our MP.’
- ‘I feel kinda bad for them too, but, hey, that's the way the cookie crumbles.’
- ‘I was truly mourning the loss of a good party, but…that's the way the cookie crumbles.’
- ‘But that's the way the cookie crumbles and more than a few fans will feel Montgomery's dropping is long overdue.’
- ‘He felt angry at himself for letting that happen, but as the saying goes; that's the way the cookie crumbles.’
North American informal
Origin
Early 18th century from Dutch koekje ‘little cake’, diminutive of koek.
Pronunciation
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