cookee
cookee · cookees
A cook's helper, especially in a logging campA cook's helper, especially in a logging camp.
Meaning
2 sensesA cook's helper, especially in a logging camp.
(archaic)A female cook.
Origin
From cook + -ee (diminutive suffix). Sense of "cook's helper" may be a blend of cook + rooFrom cook + -ee (diminutive suffix). Sense of "cook's helper" may be a blend of cook + rookie, or cook + trainee, etc.
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