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cookie cutter

1
  1. a device, usually of metal, for cutting shaped forms, as circles or stars, for cookies from dough that has been rolled flat.



cookie-cutter

2

[kook-ee-kuht-er]

  1. having the same configuration or look as many others of a given kind; identical.

    rows of cookie-cutter houses.

  2. lacking individuality; stereotyped or formulaic.

    a novel filled with cookie-cutter characters.

cookie-cutter

  1. a shape with a sharp edge for cutting individual biscuits from a sheet of dough

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
  1. resembling many others of the same kind

    a row of cookie-cutter houses

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cookie cutter1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
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Example Sentences

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If parents want to do something special, Russell recommends quickly using a cookie cutter on a sandwich or adding a sticker alongside the snacks.

“You don’t know where any of the stuff is, so someone has to teach you... where the cookie cutters are, and where the box of sugar is,” she says, laughing.

“They want their home back not some cookie cutter home that will devalue the neighborhood.”

“They were so cookie cutter — you’re trying to hold that platform liable.”

What tech offers a lot of the time is a standard cookie cutter approach.

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