death cookie
n.— «Me following him down the Sunrise area green runs then cutting turn across to the Flying Dutchman, which was rolled the night before and is now littered with death cookies.» —by Andrew Slough The Traveling Skier Aug. 1, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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