Brownie (disambiguation)
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Brownie may refer to one of the following.
- Brownie, a kind of elf.
- Chocolate brownie, also known as a "Boston brownie" or just "brownie", a kind of chocolate cake.
- Brownie, a Kodak camera, one of the first affordable box cameras.
- Brownie (ブローニー) film, a 120 roll film (especially in Japan)
- The Brownies, junior Girl Guides in Britain and Canada, or junior Girl Scouts of the USA.
- The Brownies are fictional creatures in the books of Palmer Cox.
- Brownies is a nickname for the Cleveland Browns, an American football team.
Expressions
"To be chucked out of the Brownies" is a punishment that has no fear or never takes place, a fake threat.
"Good Brownie points" means that it is in your interest to do something. Some hold that this expression could also have derived from US military slang for sycophants, "brownnosers", others derive it from the awards system of the Brownies Girl Guides.
The above expressions are still used in British English.