"plain cook" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: plain cooks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} plain cook (plural plain cooks)
  1. (archaic) A cook who can prepare various ordinary dishes but who has no particular specialism or expertise. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-plain_cook-en-noun-9uozvVGK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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