Noun: brownie braw-nee
- (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
"In the story, a brownie swapped the farmer's tools for magical ones";
- elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, imp
- Square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts
"She packed homemade brownies in the children's lunchboxes"
Derived forms: brownies, Brownies
Type of: biccy [Brit, informal], bicky [Brit, informal], bikkie [Brit, informal], bikky [Brit, informal], biscuit [Brit], cookie [N. Amer], cooky [N. Amer, informal], faerie, faery, fairy, fay [archaic], Girl Scout, sprite
Encyclopedia: Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky