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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cookie made of flour, sugar, and much butter or other shortening.

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  • noun A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour

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  • noun very rich thick butter cookie

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