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   brownie

   /ˈbraʊni/

   noun

   • 1. a small square of rich chocolate cake, typically containing nuts.
   • ▪ a piece of sweet currant bread. Australian, New Zealand
   • 2. a member of the junior branch of the Guide Association, for girls aged between about 7 and 10, wearing a brown uniform: "for my birthday I want to join the Brownies"
   • 3. a benevolent elf that supposedly haunts houses and does housework secretly.

   Word Origin early 16th century (in brownie (sense 3)): diminutive of brown (a ‘wee brown man’ often appears in Scottish ballads and fairy tales).

   Scrabble Points: 12

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