Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cook's tour

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: cook's -tour
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A long or complicated journey, an indirect route.

Informal

Example Sentences

"The detour meant that we had to go on a twenty-mile Cook's tour to get home."

Etymology

From Thomas Cook, considered to be the world's first travel agent, running guided tours of Europe and the Middle East in the mid-1800s.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

Cook's tours (plural)

Questions

What does cook's tour mean?: A long or complicated journey, an indirect route.
Where does cook's tour come from?: From Thomas Cook, considered to be the world's first travel agent, running guided tours of Europe and the Middle East in the mid-1800s.

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