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cookie cutter, n. and a. orig. N. Amer.
Brit. |ˈkʊki ˌkʌtə|, U.S. |ˈkʊki ˌkədər|
[‹ cookie n. + cutter n.1]
A. n.
1. Baking. A utensil for cutting decorative shapes from dough which has been rolled flat.
1864Hist. North-western Soldiers' Fair 82, 15 cookie cutters, 5 tin cups. 1924Los Angeles Times 20 May ii. 9/5 Roll out, cut with a cookie cutter, place on a buttered baking sheet. 1989M. Stewart Martha Stewart's Christmas iv. 47 (caption) I have a huge variety of cookie cutters and I am forever adding new shapes. 2008Post (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 30 Jan. 22 Roll dough 1/2-inch thick. Cut with round cookie cutter.
2. More fully cookie-cutter shark. A small shark, Isistius brasiliensis (family Dalatiidae), which takes distinctive, non-lethal circular bites from large prey.
In quot. 1976 identified as Etmopterus, a closely related genus.
1976R. Ellis Bk. Sharks 38/1 There are stories of whales being caught with little round bites taken out of them, and..they are thought to have been made by Etmopterus, which the whalers call the ‘cookie-cutter’ shark. 1980Los Angeles Times 14 Mar. iii. 14/3 The cookie cutter is a small shark that tends to take round-size bites out of not only passing tuna, but also whales. 1988National Geographic Nov. 717 The deep is home to a variety of strange species, such as the cookie-cutter shark. 2002G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 193/2 The cookiecutter clamps onto the flesh of its much larger prey..to extract circular chunks of flesh.
B. adj. Characterized by homogeneity or lack of originality; conformist, unimaginative, generic.
With allusion to the identical shapes which a cookie cutter cuts from dough.
1922Chicago Sunday Tribune 26 Feb. (Blue Ribbon Fiction section) 6/1 There are always ‘cookie cutter’ tendencies among us. One of these this year is the caracul trimmed coat which every other woman in New York wears. 1965Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 114136 The cookie-cutter pattern of residential development..is now being challenged. 1993N.Y. Times 28 Nov. iv. 1/1 Within two weeks they are all cookie cutter. Boys had on..khakis. And the girls all had their hair trimmed. 2006Mojo Dec. 79/2 Its timeless spookiness found favour among music fans alienated by cookie-cutter ‘indie’ and fast-food rock. |