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cookie pusher

cookie pusher noun: a waitress.

Noun

cookie pusher (plural cookie pushers)

  1. (US, dated, slang) A waitress.
  2. (derogatory, slang) A diplomat, especially a member of the United States Foreign Service.
    • Early in 1951, Lovett told reporters: “He's no cookie pusher. He's a giant.” Francis Russell from public affairs, who chatted with him often, said he never mentioned McCarthy.2009, Robert Beisner, Dean Acheson: A Life in the Cold War, page 311
    • Our ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, a cookie pusher from Foggy Bottom, was called to Downing Street and read the well-known riot act by the prime minister for allowing such undiplomatic behavior […]2012, Richard Marcinko, John Weisman, Detachment Bravo

Forms of cookie pusher

pluralcookie pushers

Questions about cookie pusher

What does cookie pusher mean?
Cookie pusher means a waitress.
What part of speech is cookie pusher?
Cookie pusher is a noun.
What is the plural of cookie pusher?
The plural of cookie pusher is cookie pushers.

Words near cookie pusher in the dictionary

  1. cookie monster
  2. cookie pop
  3. cookie pops
  4. cookie press
  5. cookie presses
  6. cookie pusher
  7. cookie pushers
  8. cookie sandwich
  9. cookie sandwiches
  10. cookie sheet
  11. cookie sheets

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