English Explanatory Dictionary

cookee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A female cook.
  2. A cook's helper, especially in a logging camp.

Word forms

cookee cookees

Etymology

From cook + -ee (diminutive suffix). Sense of "cook's helper" may be a blend of cook + rookie, or cook + trainee, etc.

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