brownie

Meanings

Plural: brownies

Noun

• a junior Girl Scout
• (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
• A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
• 2000, Lori Gottlieb, Stick Figure: a diary of my former self, page 173
• 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.
• […]if she ever found out she was dying, she'd just eat brownies all day and night until the very end.
• 2000, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, “The Visible Man”, in The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 197
• 2000, Elizabeth Stuckey-French, “The Visible Man”, in The First Paper Girl in Red Oak, Iowa and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 197: Rona served Althea coffee with yellow milk curdling in the center, and a hunk of brownie, and Althea said, “Thanks so much.”
• Rona served Althea coffee with yellow milk curdling in the center, and a hunk of brownie, and Althea said, “Thanks so much.”
• 2005, Aaron Lazare, On Apology, unnumbered page
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• After cooking the brownies until we could smell the pot, we each ate a large brownie.
• 2015, Lynsay Sands, The Immortal who Loved Me, London: Gollancz, →ISBN, pages 224–225
• 2015, Lynsay Sands, The Immortal who Loved Me, London: Gollancz, →ISBN, pages 224–225: “If she has to list everyone from school friends to teachers, this is going to take a while, huh?” Stephanie commented, slipping a generous slice of brownie onto a plate. […] She carried a plate with a slice of brownie around and set it in front of Basil,
• “If she has to list everyone from school friends to teachers, this is going to take a while, huh?” Stephanie commented, slipping a generous slice of brownie onto a plate. […] She carried a plate with a slice of brownie around and set it in front of Basil,
• 2017, Cressida McLaughlin, The Once in a Blue Moon Guesthouse, London: HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 37
• 2017, Cressida McLaughlin, The Once in a Blue Moon Guesthouse, London: HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 37: As their coffee and cakes arrived – Tim had opted for a slice of brownie that looked about as impressive as the table – she noticed that the initials TL were inscribed on his cufflinks, and also, confirming what Molly had told her, that he had no ring on the fourth finger of his left hand.
• As their coffee and cakes arrived – Tim had opted for a slice of brownie that looked about as impressive as the table – she noticed that the initials TL were inscribed on his cufflinks, and also, confirming what Molly had told her, that he had no ring on the fourth finger of his left hand.
• A sweet bread with brown sugar and currants.
• A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.
• A copper coin, brown in colour; a penny, halfpenny, or cent.
• A household spirit or revered ancestor.
• Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.
• A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
• A widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.
• Alternative letter-case form of Brownie (“a girl in the first level of Girl Guides (US: Girl Scouts)”).
• A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
• A person with brown skin.

Synonyms

elf, gremlin, hob, imp, pixie, pixy