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cookie jar
noun[ C ]
USuk /ˈkʊk.i ˌdʒɑːr/ us /ˈkʊk.i ˌdʒɑːr/(UKbiscuit tin)
a container with a lid for storing biscuits: （金属）饼干罐
Make these walnut cookies up to 4 days ahead; store in a cookie jar or tightly sealed container.
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a container used at home for keeping money or other valuable things:
There was an outpouring of small donations from citizens from their cookie jars.
There are beautiful pices of handmade pottery such as bowls, cookie jars, and vases.
Confronted by giant bags of popcorn, groaning buffet tables or easy-to-reach cookie jars, we readily overindulge.
I think of my dad during the Depression when he put all his money in a cookie jar after taking it out of the banks.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
General and miscellaneous containers
Ball jar
bin
bindle
biscuit tin
caddy
geocache
gift box
gunnysack
hamper
handbasket
pallet
piggy bank
planter
punnet
receptacle
safe deposit box
workbasket
workbox
wormery
wrap
Idiom
get caught with your hand in the cookie jar
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