brown-bag

[broun-bag]

verb (used with object), brown-bagged, brown-bag·ging.

to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
to bring (one's lunch) to work or elsewhere, usually in a small brown paper bag.

verb (used without object), brown-bagged, brown-bag·ging.

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

adjective

brought to work, usually in a small brown paper bag: a brown-bag lunch.

Idioms

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

Related formsbrown-bag·ger, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for brown bagging

brown bagging

noun

the practice of eating one's lunch or drinking a bottle of alcohol from a brown bag

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Word Origin and History for brown bagging

brown-bag

"to bring lunch or liquor in a brown paper bag," 1970, from brown (adj.) + bag (n.). Related: Brown-bagging.

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