a junior Girl Scout
Used in a Sentence
brownie
How to use brownie in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for brownie.
Editorial note
Certainly they don't get brownie points for niceness, but they're playing on the same field as the OP.
Examples7
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
a junior Girl Scout
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of brownie gathered in one view.
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for brownie.
noun
a junior Girl Scout
See also: Brownie
noun
(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
noun
square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
Example sentences
Certainly they don't get brownie points for niceness, but they're playing on the same field as the OP.
It is easy to read that someone contributed to open source and give them brownie points.
Canada gets brownie points for cooperating with the US, even though they didn't do anything.
I had my own laptop and a company-provided laptop, so it wasn't hard to set one of them aside as a brownie warmer.
Way to go, BBC: choosing the darkest possible picture of David Miranda, where he's tired and distraught, so that he can look like a "brownie terrorist" as much as possible.
Yeah, no one ever words their HN submissions to be inflammatory and get to front page, right?I'll take a million hackers showing their projects and trying to win brownie points with their age than a single freakin smart phone troll blog post any day of the week.
Why take the time to write an insightful comment on the actual news at hand when you can score brownie points with yet another knee jerk 'MS is dying' comment linking to blog spam that further links to one graph that somehow proves your point?What about this news then?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use brownie in a sentence?
Certainly they don't get brownie points for niceness, but they're playing on the same field as the OP.
What does brownie mean?
a junior Girl Scout
What part of speech is brownie?
brownie is commonly used as noun.