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| Colorful English! | ||||
| Word or Phrase: | Part of Speech: | Idiom or General?: | Usage? | Restricted? |
| brownie | noun | 1) general 2) general, food related 3) idiomatic | all fairly common | No but meaning 3 can be hurtful to such a person |
| Meanings: | ||||
| 1) a member of the Girl Scout program for girls in the first
through third grades of school 2) a delicious small square or rectangle of rich chocolate cake, sometimes with nuts 3) a person, usually unpopular, who does things to gain favor with a teacher or superior | ||||
| Example(s): | ||||
| 1) Young boys
can become a Cub Scout, and young girls can be a Brownie. 2) I love it when my friend makes brownies and gives me a whole bunch of them to take home. 3) After school everyone ganged up on the class brownie for getting them all in trouble with the teacher. | ||||
| Notes:
1) The Brownie in the Girl Scouts in capitalized. 2) For similar terms to meaning 3, see brownnoser and brownie point. | ||||