Associations to the word «Cooke»

Wiktionary

COOKE, proper noun. An occupational surname​ for a cook, or a seller of cooked food.
COOKE TRIPLET, noun. (historical) A photographic lens comprising a negative flint glass element in the centre with a crown glass element on each side.

Dictionary definition

COOKE, noun. United States journalist (born in England in 1908).
COOKE, noun. United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance the American Civil War; the failure of his bank resulted in a financial panic in 1873 (1821-1905).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King