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Brownie point

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Brownie point also brownie point
n.
An amount of credit considered as earned, especially by favorably impressing a superior. Often used in the plural.
[From the practice of awarding points for achievement to Brownies in the Girl Scouts.]
Brownie point
Noun
a notional mark to one's credit for being seen to do the right thing


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