cooky/cookie:

(plural: ‘cookies‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound

a cooky at a camp

a cook (a person who prepares food) on a ranch or at a camp;

(American slang usage) a man {used to express affection}; a fellow;

(American slang usage) an attractive woman,

a cooky on a cattle ranch

e.g.

When the Spencers go on a picnic, they take a cooky with them so that the ladies of the family need not worry about cooking food.  (i.e. a cook on a camp)

The rancher advertised for a cooky/cookie to cook food for the cowboys who are going to drive his cattle to the market.  (i.e. a cook on a ranch)

Our accountant is a good cookie!  (i.e. a good fellow, a good man, etc.)

Sam is always  on the look out for cookies whenever he is alone at the park.  (i.e. some young and attractive women)

some cookies on a plate (biscuits)

‘Cooky’, according to the Urban Dictionary, means ‘crazy’, ‘strange’, ‘unusual’, ‘oddly shaped’, etc. The word ‘cookie’ is more commonly used for a dry crisp biscuit in American usage, e.g. “Can I have some cookies, please.”; and in computer software usage, a ‘cookie’ is a collection of information, mainly used by websites on the Net, e.g. “Cookies are used by the websites to identity users who have previously visited or register the site.”
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