Brownie3
(ˈbraʊnɪ)
The proprietary name of a simple type of camera.
| 1902 Westm. Gaz. 24 Mar. 3/2 Five shillings..is the price of the Brownie Kodak. 1906 A. Bennett Whom God hath Joined viii. 285 Gater..had decided to sell his high-geared bicycle in order that he might become the possessor of a Brownie camera. 1952 P. H. Bonner SPQR (1953) xxvi. 234 Clicking our Brownies and scribbing postcards to the folks back home. |