cooky

English

Etymology 1

Noun

cooky (plural cookies)

  1. Dated spelling of cookie.
    • 1957 January 18, Sally, quoting a villager, “For Ladies Only …”, in Mt. Vernon Register-News, volume XXXVII, number 93, Mount Vernon, Ill., →OCLC, page 7, column 5:
      This mornin’ she rails out at me fer dunkin’ my cooky and she says COFFEE IS FER SIPPIN’ AND NOT FER SAUCERIN’ . . .
    • 1968 June 30, Pearl Ottenheimer, “From Kiev with Care”, in San Francisco Examiner, final/late sports edition, volume 1968, number 26, San Francisco, Calif., →ISSN, →OCLC, “Women Today” section, page 9, column 4:
      Another interesting Russian recipe, Hvorost, is a rich cooky fried in deep fat and especially good with hot tea.
    • 2023 July 16 (last accessed), Vachel Lindsay, “The Moon's the North Wind's Cooky”, in allpoetry.com‎[1]:
      The Moon's the North Wind's cooky.
      He bites it, day by day.

Etymology 2

Adjective

cooky

  1. Misspelling of kooky.
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