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   cookie

   /ˈkʊki/

   noun

   • 1. a sweet biscuit having a fairly soft, chewy texture and typically containing pieces of chocolate or fruit: British "chocolate chip cookies"
   • ▪ any sweet biscuit. North American
   • 2. a person of a specified kind: informal "she's a tough cookie"
   • 3. a packet of data sent by a web 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.
   • 4. a plain bun. Scottish

   Word Origin early 18th century: from Dutch koekje ‘little cake’, diminutive of koek.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   Where did the word cookie come from?

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