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Brownie — ► NOUN (pl. Brownies) 1) (Brit. also Brownie Guide) a member of the junior branch of the Guides Association. 2) (brownie) a small square of rich chocolate cake. 3) (brownie) a benevolent elf supposedly doing housework secretly. ● … English terms dictionary
Brownie points — are a hypothetical social currency, which can be accrued by doing good deeds or earning favour in the eyes of another, often one s superior. The origin of the term is uncertain. Conjectures for etymology Brown Stamps A popular marketing practice… … Wikipedia
brownie point — brownie .point n win/earn/score etc brownie points informal to get praise for something you have done after trying to make someone have a good opinion of you ▪ I m not doing it just to get brownie points … Dictionary of contemporary English
brownie point — ► brownie point informal, humorous a notional award given for an attempt to please. Main Entry: ↑Brownie … English terms dictionary
Brownie point — ☆ Brownie point n. [< ? the notion that merit points are awarded to Brownie Girl Scouts] favor gained, as with a superior, for a relatively unimportant act … English World dictionary
brownie — benevolent goblin supposed to haunt old farmhouses in Scotland, 1510s, dim. of brown a wee brown man (see BROWN (Cf. brown)). The name for the junior branch of the Girl Guides or Girl Scouts is 1916, in ref. to uniform color. Brownie point (1963) … Etymology dictionary
brownie point — brownie points N COUNT: usu pl (disapproval) If someone does something to score brownie points, they do it because they think they will be praised for it. They re just trying to score brownie points with politicians … English dictionary
brownie point — noun Usage: sometimes capitalized B : a credit regarded as earned especially by currying favor (as with a superior) * * * Informal. a credit toward advancement or good standing gained esp. by currying favor. [1960 65; from the point system based… … Useful english dictionary
Brownie Brown — Infobox Company company name = Brownie Brown Inc. company company type = Private Subsidiary of Nintendo foundation = June 30, 2000 location = Tokyo, Japan key people = President Shinichi Kameoka Directors Tomoki Anazawa Koji Tsuda Nobuyuki Inoue… … Wikipedia
point — I n. location, position, place, spot 1) to arrive at, reach a point 2) an assembly; cutoff; focal; jumping off; pressure; rallying; salient; starting; turning; vanishing; vantage point 3) the point of no return 4) at a point (at that point in… … Combinatory dictionary
brownie — Now the standard term for a helpful household *fairy anywhere in Britain, but when first recorded in the early 16th century a dialect word limited to Lowland Scotland and the English Border counties; many of the early descriptions are Scottish … A Dictionary of English folklore
