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cookee

The English word “cookee” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

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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