brownie

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  1. noun A member of the Girl Scouts from six through eight years of age.
  2. noun A bar of moist, usually chocolate cake, often with nuts.
  3. noun A small sprite thought to do helpful work at night.
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  • A bit of orange zest and a spoon of orange juice work well there.Another variation (the greedy one): bake a thinnish layer of chocolate brownie, and let it set/cool.
  • Slowly, I opened my lunch bag and set things out on the shelf; I spotted a brownie--Sam's work, undoubtedly--and scrunched the bag up, embarrassed. —  AHMM,May2006
  • It looked no more sinister than a chocolate brownie, and it smelled positively delicious. —  Asimov'sSF,January2008
  • Investigators believe the brownie was laced with marijuana or hash. —  Ottawa Sun
  • A cream cheese brownie is a far better, tastier alternative. —  Serious Eats: New York
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  1. Sense 3, from the notion of the sprite as a tiny brown man.

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  1. Scots, diminutive of brown: so called from their supposed color.
 

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