cookie jar


noun
  1. a jar or other container for storing cookies.

  2. such a container used for storing money.

Idioms about cookie jar

  1. 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.

Origin of cookie jar

1
An Americanism dating back to 1940–45

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