cookee noun2 •A cook's helper, especially in a logging camp.The cook's assistant, who was called the cookee, made a roaring fire in the stove. As soon as the fire was going strong, the cookee woke up the teamsters. — 2015 •(no longer used) A female cook.Cookee did not wish to entertain her illustrious friend in a vulgar way, though he was so hungry he could have taken his meal off kitchen stuff in a dog kennel. — 1857 formscookees
