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brownie
noun- the anus US, 1927
- She bends over to pick up the suit. Look at that. Taking my picture with her brownie. — Elmore Leonard, Split Images, p. 193, 1981
- a sycophant US
An abbreviation of BROWN NOSER- — Kenn “Naz” Young, Naz’s Dictionary of Teen Slang, p. 15, 1993
- a homosexual, especially one of wealth or position US, 1916
- — David Powis, The Signs of Crime, 1977
- a notation of bad conduct or poor work performance; a demerit US, 1910
- On some roads, merit marks given for exceptional service offset the brownies. Named after man who invented the system, reputedly a Superintendent Brown on the New Haven. — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 260, 1946
- a black person UK
Coincidental to the US sense (a brown-skinned Asian). - Brownies are fast runners aren’t they? — an 8 year old girl, South Wales, 14 July 2002
- a traffic police officer US
- — Carsten Stroud, Close Pursuit, p. 269, 1987
- a police radar unit used for measuring vehicle speed US
An allusion to the camera brand, a metaphor for radar. - — “Slingo”, The Official CB Slang Dictionary Handbook, p. 11, 1976
- in trucking, a three-speed auxiliary gearbox US
Originally manufactured by the Brownolite Transmission Company, hence the diminutive. - — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 19, 1971
- marijuana US
- The man at the door was the old dope peddler with his bag of brownie, also known as pot, shit, cannabis, or to the staid, marihuana. — Roger Gordon, Hollywood’s Sexual Underground, p. 150, 1966
- any amphetamine; MDMA, the recreational drug best known as ecstasy UK
Originally “amphetamines”, from the colour; hence, via confused recreational drug-users, “ecstasy”. - CALL IT... Adam, brownies, burgers, disco biscuits, doves, eckies, tulips, X[.] JUST DON’T CALL IT... MDMA–too scientific — Drugs An Adult Guide, p. 34, December 2001
- an empty beer bottle NEW ZEALAND
- You return your empties. You know they’ve sunk as many as you have and it’s a fair bet their own garden sheds are bursting with brownies. — Star, p. 2, 3 January 1979
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