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cookie cutter

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  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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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cookie cutter1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05
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“They want their home back not some cookie cutter home that will devalue the neighborhood.”

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

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

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If using a ready made crust with two in a pack, roll out the second one, use a cookie cutter to make rounds to place in an oiled muffin pan for mini pies.

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The problem was a bit like predicting what direction a small circle of sheetcake is pointing, before twisting a round cookie cutter in to pull out a piece.

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