as in fairies
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 brownies
After 10 more minutes of cooling down, shift the brownies to a cutting board.
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Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2026
Also known as Texas sheet cake, these brownies get their tang from buttermilk, which is also the secret ingredient to the smooth and just-sweet-enough frosting.
—Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2026
Saturation betting in sports is a pantry with shelves stocked floor to ceiling with brownies.
—Rand Richards Cooper, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2026
Previously, Crumbl offered seven desserts (cookies, bars, brownies, pies and cakes) as their weekly menu.
—Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Baking With Beets For wonderfully fudgy brownies, take a tip from Makuch and add beet puree to the batter.
—Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 29 Dec. 2025
How about adding pieces of brownies, as Krasne does.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
From that space, customers can purchase country sourdough loaves, focaccia, cinnamon rolls, croissants, brownies, cupcakes and more.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
On the sweet side — wrapped bundt cakes, tins filled with dainty cookies as well as brownies, tarts, pies and beverages.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brownies
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Plans include music, magic shows, face painting, stilt walkers, fairies, robots, a giant LED screen showing the ball drop from Times Square and more.—
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If your favorite writer wishes they could be whisked away to the land of fairies and Björk and neighborhood hot springs, try cutting a large international corner with this bath product straight from the famous Blue Lagoon.—
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Children must abide by the rules for keeping the elves at home.—
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The elves were then given away, and handfuls have been on display in various locations in the following decades.—
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The kallikantzaroi are a group of blind, black goblins who live underground during most of the year sawing at the world tree – a motif throughout various folklores that connects the heavens to the Earth.—
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On this day, candles were blessed for use in the coming year, and any decorations left up were thought to be at risk of becoming infested with goblins.—
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By 1938, the troupe of dwarves had begun to spend its winters in South Florida.—
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As kobolds go, Heinzelmann was more harmless than most, going about his business protecting the castle from giants and dwarves and keeping the staff updated on faerie gossip, as well as protecting the chambermaids from unwelcome attentions from visiting noblemen.—
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“Brownies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brownies. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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