subs. (old Scots’).—An afternoon meal at which COOKIES (q.v.) form a staple dish. Cf., TEA-FIGHT, MUFFIN-WORRY, etc. (q.v.). [From COOKEY, a small cake, + SHINE (q.v.), an entertainment.]
1863. C. READE, Hard Cash, I., 103. Dr. Sampson, loq.: We shall see whether we are on the right system: and if so, we’ll dose her with youthful society in a more irrashinal forrm; conversaziones, COOKEYSHINES, et citera. And if we find ourselves on the wrong tack, why then we’ll hark back.
