A sleeve of cookies

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

Fig Newtons are a popular American cookie (British: “biscuit”).

I have just read this: “I couldn’t have [eat] just one Fig Newton. I had to have the whole d-mn sleeve.”

What in the world did he mean by “sleeve”?

Thank you,

James

2

Packet - an Americanism for a long thin outer packet which opens on one end (the inner packaging slides into the outer packaging like an arm into a sleeve when the end is open).

3

Here’s an example - a package of crackers with four sleeves, plus one more.

4

Thank you, Beeesneees and Luschen, for the explanation.

I thought that he had eaten all the cookies in the package! Now I see that he had eaten “only” one sleeve.

James

5

Hi James,

Don’t dismiss your original idea. Biscuits are sold in single ‘sleeves’ and the speaker probably meant exactly that (the whole packet).

The multipacks as pictured by Luschen are a cheaper alternative when buying in bulk.

6

Thank you, Beeesneees.