| 1. | a jar or other container for storing cookies. |
| 2. | such a container used for storing money. |
| 3. | have one's hand in the cookie jar, Informal. to take or attempt to take advantage of one's position by demanding or accepting favors or bribes: They suspected the mayor's assistant had his hand in the cookie jar. |

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[The Jargon File]
(1997-02-12)