brownie
/ˈbɹaʊni/ noun A2- A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate. · Order for the brownie was placed but it took half an hour to prepare it.
- 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.
- A person with brown skin.
Plural brownies
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