brownie

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1. ma tốt

   A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.

   countable · usually

   Order for the brownie was placed but it took half an hour to prepare it.

   […]if she ever found out she was dying, she'd just eat brownies all day and night until the very end.

   Rona served Althea coffee with yellow milk curdling in the center, and a hunk of brownie, and Althea said, “Thanks so much.”

2. bánh mì ngọt nâu

   A sweet bread with brown sugar and currants.

   australia · new-zealand · uncountable

   Four o’clock, “Smoke O!” again, and more tea and “brownie” (a bread sweetened with sugar and currants).

   Roast mutton and brownie are given us to eat, and with a billy of tea beside us we are comfortable enough, prisoners and all.

   Pile of “brownie” on the bare black boards at the end of the table.

3. yêu tinh giúp việc nhà

   A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.

   countable · uncountable

   Stories were told of a brownie riding horseback to fetch the midwife at childbirth or helping his master to win at checkers.

   There are no brownies in my house, though. I know because there's always a pile of dishes in the sink.

4. đồng xu nâu

   A copper coin, brown in colour; a penny, halfpenny, or cent.

   countable · uncountable

   He rose and jingled in his pockets for change and drew out two brownies. He went and set one on each of Monroe’s eyes[.]

5. ma tốt

   A household spirit or revered ancestor.

   countable · uncountable

6. bướm xanh Miletus

   Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.

   countable · uncountable

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