brownie
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[edit] Etymology
From brown + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
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[edit] Noun
brownie (plural brownies)
- A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
- 2000, Lori Gottlieb, Stick Figure: a diary of my former self, page 173,
- […] if she ever found out she was dying, she′d just eat brownies all day and night until the very end.
- 2005, Aaron Lazare, On Apology, unnumbered page,
- On a Saturday afternoon, my wife bought her favorite treat for dessert that evening, a gourmet, nut-filled brownie.
- 2005, Steve Otto, Memoirs of a Drugged-Up, Sex-Crazed Yippie, page 228,
- After cooking the brownies until we could smell the pot, we each ate a large brownie.
- 2000, Lori Gottlieb, Stick Figure: a diary of my former self, page 173,
- (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would do people′s housework for them.
- 1908, Dinah Craik, The Adventures of A Brownie.
- 1985, The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 1, page 636,
- Stories were told of a brownie riding horseback to fetch the midwife at childbirth or helping his master to win at checkers.
- 2004, Justin Hocking, Jeffrey Knutson, Jared Jacang Maher (editors), Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End, page 37,
- There are no brownies in my house, though. I know because there′s always a pile of dishes in the sink.
- (paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
- (Australian, New Zealand) (colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
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[edit] Translations
a small rich cake, usually made with chocolate, usually brown and square
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a mythical creature, a kind of elf that would do people's housework for them
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