Usually means: Earned favor through good deeds.
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  1. brownie point: Merriam-Webster
  2. brownie point: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Brownie point: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Brownie point: Collins English Dictionary
  5. brownie point: Wiktionary
  6. Brownie point: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Brownie point: Dictionary.com
  8. Brownie point: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. brownie point: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. brownie point: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Definitions from Wiktionary (brownie point)

noun:  (idiomatic, slang, originally US, chiefly in the plural) Credit or praise for good work or a good deed, often for the express purpose of currying favor.

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