brown-bag
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.
to carry one's lunch in a brown paper bag.
brought to work, usually in a small brown paper bag: a brown-bag lunch.
Idioms about brown-bag
brown-bag it, to bring one's lunch to work or elsewhere, especially in a brown paper bag.
Origin of brown-bag
1Other words from brown-bag
- brown-bagger, noun
Words Nearby brown-bag
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How to use brown-bag in a sentence
Over the last year I have dined with our Brown Bag Sommelier and he has prepared some tastings for our dining group.
Madame Querterot, having finished her massaging, was repacking the brown bag in which she had brought her apparatus.
Mrs. Vanderstein's jewels | Mrs. Charles BryceIts body has now become as large as a pea; in the attacked skin a large brown bag containing matter is formed.
The Insect World | Louis FiguierMary Louise turned on her flashlight and looked at the small brown bag beside them.
The Mystery at Dark Cedars | Edith LavellHe was carrying a package in a sort of a heavy brown bag, heavier than a grocery bag it looked to me.
Warren Commission (2 of 26): Hearings Vol. II (of 15) | The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The gentleman with the little brown bag stood and looked sharply at me, but with friendly if penetrating eyes.
Cumner & South Sea Folk, Complete | Gilbert Parker
British Dictionary definitions for brown bag
/ US /
a bag made of brown paper, often used for carrying a packed lunch or alcohol
to take a packed lunch in a brown bag
to carry alcohol in a brown bag
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