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Subject: origin of smart cookie
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: ocbrian-ga
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Posted: 04 Feb 2005 09:19 PST
Expires: 06 Mar 2005 09:19 PST
Question ID: 468770

I am looking for the origin of the phrase "smart cookie" My daughter
is 6.5 and wonders why I call her a smart cookie, and not a smart x. I
want to tell her where the phrase started, etc. Thanks in advance.

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Subject: Re: origin of smart cookie
From: thx1138-ga on 04 Feb 2005 09:48 PST

"Smart cookie is from 1948"
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=smart

Regards

THX1138

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