"cookee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cookees [plural]
Etymology: From cook + -ee (diminutive suffix). Sense of "cook's helper" may be a blend of cook + rookie, or cook + trainee, etc. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cook|-ee|pos2=diminutive suffix}} cook + -ee (diminutive suffix), {{blend|en|cook|rookie|nocap=1}} blend of cook + rookie, {{blend|en|cook|trainee|notext=1}} cook + trainee Head templates: {{en-noun}} cookee (plural cookees)
  1. (archaic) A female cook. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-cookee-en-noun-dj39FtVZ
  2. A cook's helper, especially in a logging camp.
    Sense id: en-cookee-en-noun-0x99YYCp Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English blends: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 99 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 97

Inflected forms

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