Brookie
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A brook trout. informal
"The brookie Bill dismissed as “another small one” was 16 inches long, thick and weighed about two pounds."
- 2 A dessert with one layer being a cookie and the other being a brownie.
"We now have crookies, brookies, duffins, and cruffins, all mash-ups of familiar treats (cookies, tarts, brownies, doughnuts, croissants and muffins respectively)."
- 3 Short pants; shorts. South-Africa
"And the few skirts which are past remaking are carefully cut down into small brookies for the young hopeful, who will get the last ounce of wear out of them."
- 1 Brookside, a British television soap opera. British, informal
Example
More examples"The brookie Bill dismissed as “another small one” was 16 inches long, thick and weighed about two pounds."
Etymology
From brook + -ie (diminutive suffix).
Blend of brownie + cookie.
From Afrikaans broekie, diminutive of broek (“pants”), from Dutch broek (“pants”). Cognate with Dutch broekje (“shorts”). Doublet of breeches and britches.
From Brookside + -ie.
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