Definizione monolingua

brownie

brownie (plural brownies)

1. A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.
   • 2000, Lori Gottlieb, Stick Figure: a diary of my former self, page 173,

     […] if she ever found out she was dying, she?d just eat brownies all day and night until the very end.

   • 2005, Aaron Lazare, On Apology, unnumbered page,

     On a Saturday afternoon, my wife bought her favorite treat for dessert that evening, a gourmet, nut-filled brownie.

   • 2005, Steve Otto, Memoirs of a Drugged-Up, Sex-Crazed Yippie, page 228,

     After cooking the brownies until we could smell the pot, we each ate a large brownie.

2. (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would do people?s housework for them.
   • 1908, Dinah Craik, The Adventures of A Brownie.
   • 1985, The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 1, page 636,

     Stories were told of a brownie riding horseback to fetch the midwife at childbirth or helping his master to win at checkers.

   • 2004, Justin Hocking, Jeffrey Knutson, Jared Jacang Maher (editors), Life and Limb: Skateboarders Write from the Deep End, page 37,

     There are no brownies in my house, though. I know because there?s always a pile of dishes in the sink.

3. (paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.
4. (Australian, New Zealand) (colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.

Definizione dizionario brownie

coccinella

Altri significati:

(paganism) A household spirit or ancestor revered in the modern pagan faith of Heathenry.

a small rich cake, usually made with chocolate, usually brown and square

(Australian, New Zealand) (colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.

a mythical creature, a kind of elf that would do people's housework for them

(folklore) a mythical creature, a kind of elf that would do people's housework for them.

a small rich cake, usually made with chocolate, usually brown and square.