brownie
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brownie englanniksi
Brownie
(senseid) (R:OED2) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate. (defdate)|refn=Etymonline|ref2n=OED2-2
{{quote-book|en|year=2000|author=Lori Gottlieb|title=Stick Figure: a diary of my former self|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=A1No5mF40DUC&q=%22brownie%22%7C%22brownies%22+-intitle:%22brownie%7Cbrownies%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22brownie%22%7C%22brownies%22+-intitle:%22brownie%7Cbrownies%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ZAgLT__MIe6hiAfZytTACQ&redir_esc=y|page=173
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(quote-book) She carried a plate with a slice of brownie around and set it in front of Basil, (..)
A bread with sugar and currants.(cite-book)|location=London|publisher=Publishers|Macmillan and Co. Limited; New York, N.Y.: Inc.|The Macmillan Company|year=1898|page=58|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/australenglishdi00morruoft/page/58/mode/1up|column=1|passage=a kind of currant loaf.(cite-book)(R:Oxford English Dictionary) (defdate)
(quote-book)|chapter_number=VII|title=Random Rot. A Journal of Three Years’ Wanderings about the World.|location=Altrincham|publisher=(...) The Guardian Office|year=1883|page=312|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=y_OH-Cgn34QC&pg=PA312|passage=It was an amusing sight to see the three of us, each with a huge hunch of “browny” (bread sweetened with brown sugar and currants) in one hand, and a lump of ice in the other, for there was no water within reach.
(quote-book)|year=1890|page=57|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/whitekangerootal00clel/page/57/mode/1up|passage=They rode quietly along to the stockman’s hut, gave their message, rested their horses for half-an-hour, and had some tea without milk, and a piece of cake made of flour, fat, and sugar, commonly known as “browny.”
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(quote-book)|publisher=William Cole|Edward William Cole,(nb...)|year=1892|section=part I|page=36|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/roundcompassinau00parkuoft/page/36/mode/1up|passage=Roast mutton and brownie are given us to eat, and with a billy of tea beside us we are comfortable enough, prisoners and all.
(quote-book)|year=1900|page=129|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/ontrackw00lawsiala/page/n142/mode/1up|passage=Pile of “brownie” on the bare black boards at the end of the table.
(quote-book)|year=1908|page=251|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/cu31924028622680/page/n270/mode/1up|passage=Undoubtedly our Christmas dinner was a huge success—from a black fellow’s point of view it was the most sensible thing we Whites had ever organised; for half the Vealer, another huge pudding, several yards of sweet currant “brownie,” a new pipe apiece, and a few pounds of tobacco had found their way to the “humpy”; (..)
(quote-book)|year=1959|section=part one (Tales of Fantasy)|page=40|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.27773/page/n42/mode/1up|passage=As he spoke I tossed some tea into a billy-can of boiling water and as we sipped at our pannikin of tea and ate at a slice of brownie, old Mirawong told me the story of Manbuk and the seven sisters of the heavens.
(senseid) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them. (defdate)
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A household spirit or revered ancestor.
A copper coin, brown in colour; a penny, halfpenny, or cent.
Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus ''Miletus''.
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(quote-book)| passage=Depending upon the species, fishers may harvest along the ocean floor for many rockfish and other groundfish, while hake, pollock, and some rockfish species (i.e. greenies and brownies) are targeted with mid-water trawls.
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A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.
A person of Arab, Indian or Hispanic descent. Sometimes used for a American or Islander.
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