brownie
(in folklore) a tiny, fanciful, good-natured brown elf who secretly helps at night with household chores.
a small, chewy, cakelike cookie, usually made with chocolate and containing nuts.
Australian. a bread with currants, baked in a camp oven.
Sometimes Brownie . a member of the junior division of the Girl Scouts or the Girl Guides, being a girl in the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade and usually between six and eight years old.
Origin of brownie
1synonym study For brownie
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How to use brownie in a sentence
A Groupon-like deal section gives the chance to buy brownies for sale near you.
Latino students were charged $1 for brownies while white students were charged $2.
How a Game of Tag Turned a Texas Campus Into Immigration’s Ground Zero | Kelsey McKinney | November 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThese bad boys add in a dangerously decadent layer of caramel to create the so-called “Even Sluttier Slutty Brownies.”
A Chocolate-Dipped Potato Chip and More Crazy Food Creations | Alice Robinson | November 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMy job was to feed them brownies and get them really excited about something right before they had to go to bed.
Matt Damon and John Krasinski Talk About Their Bromance, ‘Promised Land,’ and More | Kevin Fallon | December 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDoes anyone remember whether they served Alice B. Toklas brownies?
It was believed that the dwarfs appeared under the forms of elves, brownies, and fairies.
The Mysteries of All Nations | James GrantIf ze Brownies come, you have only to sprinkle zem with ze magical red pepper!
Christmas Entertainments | Alice Maude KelloggHead Cook: Vy, vat sort of kitchen have you lived in, if you have never seen ze Brownies?
Christmas Entertainments | Alice Maude KelloggBut the little girls wanted to come in, and so a separate division was made for them called the Brownies or Junior Scouts.
Educational Work of the Girl Scouts | Louise Stevens BryantI was brought and taken to the palace, to the sick daughter of the king, who was tormented at night by brownies.
Georgian Folk Tales | Unknown
British Dictionary definitions for brownie (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbraʊnɪ) /
(in folklore) an elf said to do helpful work at night, esp household chores
a small square nutty chocolate cake
Australian history a bread made with currants
Origin of brownie
1British Dictionary definitions for Brownie (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbraʊnɪ) /
another name for Brownie Guide
trademark (formerly) a popular make of simple box camera
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