brown-bag

[ broun-bag ]

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

Idioms about brown-bag

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

Origin of brown-bag

1
First recorded in 1955–60

Other words from brown-bag

  • brown-bagger, noun

Words Nearby brown-bag

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How to use brown-bag in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for brown bag

brown bag

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

verbbrown-bag -bags, -bagging or -bagged (intr)
  1. to take a packed lunch in a brown bag

  2. to carry alcohol in a brown bag

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