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Brownie point definition

☆ Brownie point

approval, facetiously regarded as a unit of credit, that is gained, as from a superior, for a relatively unimportant act

Etymology: < ? the notion that merit points are awarded to Brownie Girl Scouts

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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