sand cookie

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sand cookie

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Perhaps a calque of French sablé (“shortbread”) from sable (“sand”), because of the texture of the crumbs; cf. also Norwegian sandkake.

noun sand cookies

US Name given to various types of shortbread. 1945, Adrian Wilson, letter dated 31 March, 1945, in Joyce Lancaster Wilson (ed.), Two Against the Tide: A Conscientious Objector in World War II: Selected Letters, Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, p. 132, Some of the wives poured and served up civilized cookies such as I haven’t had for months. ([Your
US Any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida.
Similar: sand dollar
US A mass of sand shaped to resemble a cookie by a child playing, similar to a mud pie. A boy and a girl were playing in a large sandbox near my window. The little girl, who was singing, was very busy making sand cookies.

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"sand cookie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sand%20cookie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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sand cookie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sand%20cookie

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"sand cookie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sand%20cookie.

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@misc{sand_cookie_2026,
  title = {sand cookie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sand%20cookie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}