brownie
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈbraʊni/
- Literature
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- Her son had known Brownie from his time among the Fair Folk, and now Brownie kept him company when she went to work, showing him how to do simple household chores and telling him stories.
Examples
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A brownie is living in the house and wants us to leave.
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A brownie turns into a boggart when it's angry, and it got angry when Mallory destroyed his nest.
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That is the HIGHEST compliment a brownie can have!
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So there's a brownie and a boggart?
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I'm a forest brownie.
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She had thought that Brownie would return to Oriana now that they had found Arthur, but he had stayed on, and for that, she was grateful.
Fiction book (1993) -
OK, OK, so the dragons were saved thanks to a silver dragon called Firedrake, a brownie called Sorrel, and a boy called Ben, who turned out to be Bravatnar-Gobi-Payanakarmi.
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According to folklore, a brownie is a small fairy that helps with household chores at night.
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Children believe that the brownie in their home tidies up while they sleep.
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The story told of a brownie who secretly completed all the household tasks without anyone noticing.
Synonyms
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6.1
A small magical creature with pointed ears that often plays tricks
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8.4
A small magical creature with pointed ears that plays tricks
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9.9
A small naughty fairy in English folk tales that plays tricks
A small spirit in old stories that sometimes helps or bothers people
Compounds
- Informal
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4.4
A small sign of approval people get from others for doing something helpful
How Mischievous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Brownie for the little fairy also comes from brown and -ie, because these house spirits were said to wear 'brown' clothes and be 'small'. So a brownie in old stories is a small, helpful (or sometimes mischievous) house spirit that does chores at night.