COOKY

cookie, cooky, biscuit

(noun) any of various small flat sweet cakes (ā€˜biscuit’ is the British term)

cookie, cooky

(noun) the cook on a ranch or at a camp

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

cooky (plural cookies)

Dated spelling of cookie.

Etymology 2

Adjective

cooky

Misspelling of kooky.

Source: Wiktionary


Cook"y, n.; pl. Cookies. Etym: [Cf. D. koek cake, dim. koekje; akin to G. kuchen, E. cake; or cf. OE. coket, prob., a sort of cake, and prob. of French origin.]

Definition: A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DETENTION

(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); ā€œhis detention was politically motivatedā€; ā€œthe prisoner is on holdā€; ā€œhe is in the custody of policeā€


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Coffee Trivia

Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.

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