fat cook, noun phrase
- Origin:
- Calque formed on Afrikaans vetkoek.
vetkoek sense a. Also fat cookie.
1975 Darling 23 July 4Passing a bakery shop one day, I noticed the following sign in the window: Fat Cooks, 3c each. This aroused such a delightful mental picture that I doubt whether I could have brought myself to eat one of those vetkoeks!
1987 Argus 13 Jan.One item on the menu of a coffee bar in Parow says: ‘Fat Cooks, R1,50.’ I wonder whether they serve thin chefs for slimmers.
vetkoek sense a. Also fat cookie.
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