Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of the Girl Scouts from six through eight years of age.
- noun A bar of moist, usually chocolate cake, often with nuts.
- noun A small sprite thought to do helpful work at night.
- noun A brown trout.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Scotland, a spirit supposed to haunt houses, particularly farm-houses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small square piece of rich
cake , usually made withchocolate . - noun folklore A
mythical creature, a helpfulelf who would do people′s housework for them. - noun paganism A household spirit or revered ancestor.
- noun Australia, New Zealand (
colloquial ) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
- noun square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
- noun a junior Girl Scout
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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But as far as gratification, the brownie is always there.
Not Tonight, Dear 2007
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But as far as gratification, the brownie is always there.
Not Tonight, Dear 2007
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But as far as gratification, the brownie is always there.
Not Tonight, Dear 2007
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But as far as gratification, the brownie is always there.
Not Tonight, Dear 2007
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If this brownie is not a winner, I will not touch Dulce de Leche ever again!
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I think the minority that still thinks they win brownie points by acting snide are dinosaurs crowded in the last warm valley, and are waking up to how out of touch with reality they are.
Why Science Fiction Authors Can't Win Lou Anders 2009
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Stay tuned for next week where I will be participating (2 consecutive weeks, woo hoo!) in brownie buttons.
TWD: CLASSIC BANANA BUNDT CAKE Melissa 2009
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Yes, he might be doing this to gain brownie points, increase his audience size, and even, oh my god, I must say it, to someday increase his profit line.
My Response to "Been there, done that..." (Blog for Democracy) 2009
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Stay tuned for next week where I will be participating (2 consecutive weeks, woo hoo!) in brownie buttons.
Archive 2009-08-01 Melissa 2009
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Place in brownie pan or large pan and smash it all down (best technique is to put Saran Wrap over one pan and use another pan to squash it down).
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