death cookie
n.— «Boards are also great for crud;—corn-snow, death-cookies, and crust-on-powder conditions are actually fun on a board.» —“Re: Snowboards…“ by Erik Wettersten Usenet: rec.skiing Dec. 20, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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