Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: brownie
IPA transcription: [bɹ'aʊni]
Pronunciations of brownie
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: brownie
    Meaning: square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
  • Synonyms: elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp
    Meaning: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
  • Synonyms: Brownie
    Meaning: a junior Girl Scout
Usage examples
  • 'Oh, Brownie, you might starve!'
  • 'But, Brownie, you'll want to be getting your own things ready. Remember, you're off to Germany on Monday.'
  • 'But if you don't teach,' Elsie went on, gazing at me with those wondering big blue eyes of hers, 'whatever will you do, Brownie?' Her horizon was bounded by the scholastic circle.
  • 'You are, Brownie,' she answered, pausing in her papering, with her sleeves rolled up--they called me 'Brownie,' partly because of my dark complexion, but partly because they could never understand me.
  • The new frocks were taken off, and orders were given for the little girls to have their blouses put on, and the boys their old jackets, and the wagonette to be harnessed; with Brownie, to the bailiff's annoyance, again in the shafts, to drive out for mushroom picking and bathing.
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