brown-bag

[broun-bag]

verb (used with object)

brown-bagged, brown-bagging 

1. to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.

2. to bring (one's lunch) to work or elsewhere, usually in a small brown paper bag.

verb (used without object)

brown-bagged, brown-bagging 

1. to carry one's lunch in a brown paper bag.

adjective

1. brought to work, usually in a small brown paper bag.

   a brown-bag lunch.

brown bag

noun

1. a bag made of brown paper, often used for carrying a packed lunch or alcohol

verb

1. to take a packed lunch in a brown bag

2. to carry alcohol in a brown bag

Other Word Forms

• brown-bagger noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of brown bag¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. brown-bag it, to bring one's lunch to work or elsewhere, especially in a brown paper bag.