What is a tough cookie?

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A 'tough cookie' is a person who will do anything necessary to achieve what they want.

a person who is not available in need

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What is the origin of the idiom tough cookie?
I do not know because this website is so stupid there is no meaning to it.
Why do cookies become tough?
The sugar turns to caramel with the heat of the oven - this sets hard on cooling.
Why do soft cookies turn out tough?
because the'll dry up
Is a cookie a cookie?
no a cookie isn't a cookie without any milk. :)
Why is a cookie a cookie?
Because that is what English-speaking Americans called the little sweet cakes in 1703, what the British call "sweet biscuits." The Southern Atlantic States (chiefly South Carolina) call it a doughnut...