koekie, noun

/ˈkʊki/
Forms:
cokie, koekeyShow more Also cokie, koekey, koekje.
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch koekje little cake.
1. Any small (flat) cake or biscuit. See also cookie.
a1867 C.J. Andersson Notes of Trav. (1875) 212It is now more than a month since I touched meat; bread, or rather ‘cokies’, and now and then a little arrow-root.
1905 O.E.A. Schreiner in C. Clayton Woman’s Rose (1986) 111His mother made him koekies and sosaties, and nice things every day.
1913 C. Pettman Africanderisms 306Makrolletje,..A variety of ‘koekey’ made with almonds, macaroon.
1930 M. Raubenheimer Tested S. Afr. Recipes 37Let the dough stand for half-an-hour, roll out on a floured board, and cut with a round cutter into ‘koekies’.
1955 L.G. Green Karoo 98It (sc. breakfast) started with hot springbok fry, followed by cold springbok haunch, cold korhaan, steaming coffee with goat’s milk, koekies of boer meal, springbok biltong planed thin, wild honey, stewed peaches, tomato and lettuce.
1959 J. Meiring Candle in Wind 34She was bustling about the house, filling the borrowed plates with buns and bright, pink-iced koekies.
1967 E.M. Slatter My Leaves Are Green 60Good coffee came, and little red koekies — the kind I had not seen for years.
1973 Fair Lady 26 Dec. 120The wakis of koekies and the barrel of beer were placed at strategic points.
1983 Daily Dispatch 11 May 6Curry favour they did with the best of home-made koekies and snacks.
2. An endearment, usually for a woman.
1977 Fugard & Devenish Guest 51Marais: I’ve seen them, Koekie. Little Corrie: My name is not ‘Koekie’. Marais: I’m going to call you ‘Koekie’. Little Corrie: My name is ‘Corrie’.
Any small (flat) cake or biscuit.
An endearment, usually for a woman.
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