Cook's tour

noun

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.”

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Meanings

nounCook's tour (plural Cook's tours)

plural Cook's tours

  1. informalA 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.

Origin

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.

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APA

Cook's tour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cook's%20tour

MLA

“Cook's tour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cook's%20tour. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cook's tour,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cook's%20tour.

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