cook's tour

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Definition of cook's tour in English English dictionary

A long or complicated journey, an indirect route

The detour meant that we had to go on a twenty mile Cook's tour to get home.

Related Terms

Cook's tours

plural form of Cook's tour

Turkish pronunciation

kûks tûr

Pronunciation

/ˈko͝oks ˈto͝or/ /ˈkʊks ˈtʊr/

Etymology

() * From Thomas Cook, considered to be the world's first travel agent, running guided tours of Europe and the Middle East in the mid-1800s.