# Minnie the Moocher

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnie-the-moocher/221911>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 31, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnie-the-moocher/221911 "2003-12-31T07:21:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![HeidiKay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9fc348/32.png) [@HeidiKay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeidiKay)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnie-the-moocher/221911/21 "2004-01-01T03:24:44Z")

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A friend and I were just talking about this the other day. We didn’t know if cokie (one way I’ve seen it spelled) was refering to cocaine or coke from mining coal. I can’t seem to find any references to the word cokie from the time period. Does anyone have any cites?

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