brown paper

British  

noun

1. a coarse unbleached paper used for wrapping

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Example Sentences

The expansion adds 900,000 tons of brown paper production, which starts in 1Q, and 1.5 million tons of white paper production, which commences in 2H, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

The moment an order pops up on the screen, workers jump into action - picking, scanning, and packing items into the trademark brown paper bags with such speed it almost feels robotic.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

She was holding a cup of coffee and a homemade turkey sandwich — white bread, cut on the diagonal, slathered with Kewpie mayo and layered with lettuce — tucked into a brown paper bag.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

Eddie Garcia, a former InterContinental Hotel security guard, testified that Combs gave him a brown paper bag containing $100,000 in cash for the video of the incident.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025

I looked at her lunch as she pulled it out of her brown paper lunch bag.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff