Definition of Brownies

1. Noun. (plural of Brownie) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of brownie) ¹

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Definition of Brownies

1. brownie [n] - See also: brownie

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brownies

browned
browned off
browned out
browner
brownest
browneye
brownface
brownfield
brownfields
brownian
brownian-Zsigmondy movement
brownian movement
brownie
brownie mix
brownier
brownies (current term)
browniest
browning
browning out
brownings
brownish
brownish-orange
brownish-red
brownish-yellow
brownish yellow
brownishly
brownishness
brownism
brownist
brownmillerite

Literary usage of Brownies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1828)
"... brownies, and. Witches. Br THE ETTRICK SHEPHERD. However, as all my legends hitherto have been founded on facts, or are of themselves traditionary tales ..."

2. ... Home Games and Parties by Mrs. Sarah Tyson Hetson Rorer (1898)
"On the opposite page place the following verses, with the request that they be memorized before the party: — BROWNIE SONG We all are brownies, every one, ..."

3. The Home Cook Book: A Collection of Practical Receipts by Expert Cooks (1905)
"... Chocolate Balls—Walnut Small Cakes brownies BEAT together till light quarter of a pound of butter, quarter of a pound of granulated sugar, and two eggs. ..."

4. The Pre- and Proto-historic Finns, Both Eastern and Western, with the Magic by Baron John Abercromby Abercromby (1898)
"ELVES, brownies. There is a class of beings occasionally mentioned in the Magic Songs for whom the Finns seem to have had no special name, but who may be ..."

5. The folk-lore of China, and its affinities with that of the Aryan and by Nicholas Belfield Dennys (1876)
"ELVES, FAIRIES, AND brownies. An accurate definition of the Chinese idea of elves and fairies is somewhat difficult. In many cases the word shin MB, spirit, ..."

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