Meaning of BROWNIE
| Pronunciation: | | 'brawnee
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- [n] square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
- [n] (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
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| | Synonyms: | | elf, gremlin, hob, imp, pixie, pixy |
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| | See Also: | | biscuit, cookie, cooky, faerie, faery, fairy, leprechaun, sprite | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Brown"ie\, n. [So called from its supposed tawny or
swarthy color.]
An imaginary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to
perform important services around the house by night, such as
thrashing, churning, sweeping. [Scot.]
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| | Related Terms: | | apple-polisher, Ariel, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, banshee, Befind, biscuit, bootlick, bootlicker, brown-nose, clawback, cluricaune, cookie, Corrigan, courtier, creature, cringer, date bar, dupe, dwarf, elf, fairy, fairy queen, fawner, fay, Finnbeara, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, fruit bar, ginger snap, gingerbread man, gnome, goblin, gremlin, groveler, handshaker, helot, hob, homunculus, imp, instrument, jackal, kobold, kowtower, lackey, ladyfinger, led captain, leprechaun, lickspit, lickspittle, Lilliputian, Mab, macaroon, manikin, mealymouth, midge, midget, minion, Oberon, ouphe, peewee, peon, peri, pip-squeak, pixie, pooka, puca, puppet, pwca, pygmy, runt, serf, shortbread, shrimp, slave, spaniel, sprite, stooge, suck, sugar cookie, sycophant, sylph, sylphid, timeserver, Titania, toad, toady, Tom Thumb, tool, truckler, tufthunter, wart, yes-man |
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