Meaning of sand cookie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Name given to various types of shortbread.
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2. Any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida.
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3. A mass of sand shaped to resemble a cookie by a child playing, similar to a mud pie.
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Examples

“1945, Adrian Wilson, letter dated 31 March, 1945, in Joyce Lancaster Wilson (ed.), Two Against the Tide: A Conscientious Objector in World War II: Selected Letters, Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, p. 132, Some of the wives poured and served up civilized cookies such as I haven’t had for months. ([Your] sand cookies are out of this world, therefore excluded.)”

“her breath sugary from fingerfuls of molasses or sand-cookie crumbs”

“A boy and a girl were playing in a large sandbox near my window. The little girl, who was singing, was very busy making sand cookies.”

“Make sand cookies at the beach. All you need is a set of plastic cookie cutters and presses. These can provide hours of amusement at the beach for toddlers […]”

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