brookie

See also: Brookie

English

Etymology 1

From brook +‎ -ie (diminutive suffix).

Noun

brookie (plural brookies)

1. (informal) A brook trout.
   • 2007 October 16, Adam Clymer, “The Size of the Brook Trout Is in the Eye of the Fishing-Rod Holder”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The brookie Bill dismissed as “another small one” was 16 inches long, thick and weighed about two pounds.

Etymology 2

Blend of brownie +‎ cookie.

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Noun

brookie (plural brookies)

1. A dessert with one layer being a cookie and the other being a brownie.
   • 2016, Alysa Levene, Cake: A Slice of History, Headline Publishing Group, →ISBN:

     We now have crookies, brookies, duffins, and cruffins, all mash-ups of familiar treats (cookies, tarts, brownies, doughnuts, croissants and muffins respectively).

   • 2016 October 27, Tracy Beckerman, “Pass me a cronut or maybe a duffin!”, in The Gazette, page 10:

     They were not only combining doughnuts and muffins, but just about any other kind of food you could think of. There were piecakens (a pie baked inside a cake), brookies (brownie and cookie) and cherpumples (cherry, pumpkin and apple pie).

   • 2019, Martha Stewart’s Cookie Perfection, Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 173:

     When you can’t decide between a cookie and a brownie, why not make both—in the same pan—for what we fondly refer to as the “brookie.”

Etymology 3

From Afrikaans broekie, diminutive of broek (“pants”), from Dutch broek (“pants”). Cognate with Dutch broekje (“shorts”). Doublet of breeches and britches.

Noun

brookie (plural brookies)

1. (South Africa) Short pants; shorts.
   • 1920, The Homestead - Issues 228-243, page 19:

     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.

   • 1973, Elseviers Magazine - Volume 29, Issues 35-43, page 137:

     […] you cannot do a poopy in your brookie, […]

   • 2023, Martin Brunt, No One Got Cracked Over the Head for No Reason:

     I notice, too, that the child is wearing red brookies [shorts].

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