An area of memory set aside for storing cookies. Most commonly heard in the Atari ST community; many useful ST programs record their presence by storing a distinctive magic number in the jar. Programs can inquire after the presence or otherwise of other programs by searching the contents of the jar. Our banking system is like a bunch of kids stealing from the cookie jar , and when the central bankers are questioned about it, they lie, or they say they're doing it for our own good - and then we keep putting cookies in the jar - and keep allowing them to steal - when all that's really happening is they're getting a free snack on us.
They don't even have to be on their best behavior to get the treat! That is absolutely a fear, and it's something we see happening, in the immediate aftermath of Kelo, you saw a lot of local government officials and developers realize they had been caught with their hand in the cookie jar. They realized that suddenly people were watching. Ten years on you are starting to see in a number of states, local government officials and developers start to look at that cookie jar again.
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Term » Definition. But the jar threw my six-shooter where I couldn't reach it, and the carbine was jammed in the stirrup-leather on the wrong side. I dunno's I'd know when t' jar loose m'self, if I knowed her an' she didn't object t' me hangin' around. That rare and curious being called I is more fragile than any porcelain jar. We can fill glass after glass of steaming punch, until the jar in the cupboard is empty.
By the way, you can google these kinds of phrases and find lots of ready-made answers. Improve this answer. Hot Licks Hot Licks They're the kinds of folks who are quick to say to minorities Hey, just do what I did. This doesn't fit with the common interpretation of "cookie jar", though I agree that it's a connotation that may have been acquired.
I know that racism exists, but I don't see how this phrase is racist even in the way you describe. I would be just as likely to say that a white person "has his hand in the cookie jar" if I felt he was working the system and looking for benefits due to laziness. Replace "minorities" with "the poor" in your answer and you will see that it still makes just as much sense.
Instead of being rewarded for my intestinal fortitude I'm being punished. Hardly seems fair. I answered the OP's question given the framework he himself provided. Key words in his framework: cookie jar of course ; racism; Black; them referent: Black ; bias; and they which clearly has Black as a referent. I could be wrong, but I think your objections to my answer could very well have originated in a legitimate, though unwarranted, desire to be politically correct at the expense of not answering the OP's question.
Feel free to retract your downvotes if you think my "close reading" of your comments has any legitimacy. If you don't, that's OK. Either way, I won't think less of you! Don — rhetorician. James: I'll try editing it again. If that does the trick, fine; if not, that's OK, too. Show 3 more comments. Grammar Thesaurus. Word Lists. Choose your language. My word lists. Tell us about this example sentence:. The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. The sentence contains offensive content.
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