death cookie

death cookie
 n.— «On any given day, the top of the mountain can be littered with the frozen snowballs called death cookies.» —“Great Day At Alyeska Is Best Ski Day Departing Alaskan Ever Had” by Craig Medred Anchorage Daily News (Alaska) Jan. 23, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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