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cookdom

cookdom noun: the role or status of cook.

Noun

cookdom

  1. The role or status of cook.
    • Besides the honour, the perquisites are good; accordingly, all old quartermasters, captains of tops, &c., look forward to the cookdom, as the cardinals look to the popedom; […]1869, Michael Scott, Tom Cringle's Log, page 76
  2. The realm or sphere of cooks.
    • In answer to this call, a fat, pleasant-looking colored woman appeared in the doorway, and as if fresh from the regions of cookdom, wiped the drops of perspiration from her round jolly face.1855, Mary Jane Holmes, The English Orphans: Or, A Home in the New World, page 123

Origin of cookdom

From cook + -dom.

Questions about cookdom

What does cookdom mean?
Cookdom means the role or status of cook.
What part of speech is cookdom?
Cookdom is a noun.

Words near cookdom in the dictionary

  1. Cookardinia
  2. cookbook
  3. cookbookery
  4. cookbookish
  5. cookbooks
  6. cookdom
  7. Cooke
  8. Cooke County
  9. Cooke triplet
  10. Cooke triplets
  11. cooked

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