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brownie

noun

ˈbrau̇-nē

Definition of brownie

as in fairy

an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers some people believe that brownies will clean your house if you leave them milk

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Recent Examples of brownie Molly, a wannabe chef, bakes brownies spiked with pot and blue cheese. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026 Leaving Molly at home to experiment with blue cheese and THC as brownie ingredients, the Kwik Thingz delivery girl heads out in uniform. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026 According to an arrest affidavit from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office, 18-year-old Hunter Coffer was using a brownie third lung, or a floating air tank, attached to a long hose. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 Glass cases are stocked with cakes, pies, brownies, cookies, and other sweet items, as well as savory pot pies and quiches. — Kristy Tolley, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for brownie

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One rises, then another, then seemingly all of them—great striped bulbs of crimson, lemon yellow, and turquoise drifting between the fairy chimneys as the first sunlight catches the dusty pink folds of the landscape.

— Scott Campbell, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026
The movie begins with one of those too-good-to-be-true meet cutes, where Owen (Spike Fearn) finds his dream girl (Sadie Soverall) who is dressed in a fairy costume and seems to be into him.

— Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of fairy

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Following the addition of Game of Thrones alum Kit Harington as Professor Gilderoy Lockhart, as a swap for the departing Nicholas Hoult, the HBO fantasy series finds its house elf Dobby, Ron’s sister Ginny Weasley, and young Voldy Tom Riddle.

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2026
Lenny Rush will star as the house-elf Dobby, originally voiced by Toby Jones.

— Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of elf

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The image, captured a year earlier by the Hubble Space Telescope, showed UGC 9050-Dw1, a dwarf galaxy some 115 million light-years from Earth.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Watching all ten members sing at once is funny the way the seven dwarves all sleeping in their little beds next to each other is funny.

— Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026

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The magical ring that helped Bilbo escape the goblins had become an instrument of addiction and mass political control.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026
Two years ago, the Man City phenom appeared in a 90-second spot for the game that saw him get recruited to storm a castle teeming with goblins, dragons and impish skeletons.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 26 June 2026

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