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Brownie point also brownie point

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

a notional mark to one's credit earned for being seen to do the right thing

[from the mistaken notion that Brownie Guides earn points for good deeds]

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