browny

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

or Brownie


n.

a kind ofcurrant loaf.

1890. E. D. Cleland, `The White kangaroo,' p. 57:

«Cake made of flour, fat and sugar, commonly known as `Browny.'»

1890. `The Argus,' Sept. 20, p. 13, col. 57:

«Four o'clock. `Smoke O!' again with more bread and brownie(a bread sweetened with sugar and currants).»

1892. Gilbert Parker, `Round the Compass,' p. 36:

«Roast mutton and brownie are given us to eat.»

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