cookie jar
Frequency: 7.314.8 per million words
a container specifically for storing cookies
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Examples (10)
- My grandmother keeps her famous gingerbread men in a ceramic cookie jar.
- After the cookies cooled, she carefully placed them in the cookie jar.
- He lifted the lid of the cookie jar, hoping to find one last treat.
- The antique cookie jar on the shelf was shaped like a smiling cat.
- The politician was caught with his hand in the cookie jar, misusing public funds.
- I suspect my roommate has had his hand in the cookie jar; my snacks keep disappearing.
- Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
- The cookie jar is completely empty; we'll need to bake more this weekend.
- The tempting smell of chocolate chip cookies filled the air as soon as she opened the cookie jar.
- The government warned against using the emergency fund as a national cookie jar for pet projects.