brookie/ˈbɹʊki/EtymologyFrom Brookside + -ie.nameBrookside, a British television soap opera.nounA brook trout.“The brookie Bill dismissed as “another small one” was 16 inches long, thick and weighed about two pounds.”A dessert with one layer being a cookie and the other being a brownie.“We now have crookies, brookies, duffins, and cruffins, all mash-ups of familiar treats (cookies, tarts, brownies, doughnuts, croissants and muffins respectively).”Short pants; shorts.“And the few skirts which are past remaking are carefully cut down into small brookies for the young hopeful, who will get the last ounce of wear out of them.”