WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cook′ie jar′,
- a jar or other container for storing cookies.
- such a container used for storing money.
- Idioms 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.
- 1940–45, American.
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