brown-bag

[ broun-bag ]

/ ˈbraʊnˈbæg /

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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.

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Idioms about brown-bag

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

OTHER WORDS FROM brown-bag

brown-bagger, noun

Words nearby brown-bag

browlift, brown, brown alga, brown algae, brown-and-serve, brown-bag, brown bagger, brown bagging, brown bat, brown bear, brown belt

How to use brown-bag in a sentence

There was deep brown flesh, and bronze flesh, and pallid white flesh, and flesh turned red from the hot sun.
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They became so brown and shriveled that they looked like walking beef jerky with New York accents.
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The smell of grilled meat mixes with the exotic wafts of cinnamon tea served with a mush of sweet brown dessert.
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The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education.
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Estee Lauder has not crumbled to dust because the perfect brown face of Joan Smalls represents it.
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The case was an assault and battery that came off between two men named Brown and Henderson.
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"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.
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It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
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I pictured him as slim and young looking, smooth-faced, with golden curly hair, and big brown eyes.
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Drone: the largest tube of a bag-pipe, giving forth a dull heavy tone.
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British Dictionary definitions for brown-bag

brown bag

/ US /

noun

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

verb brown-bag -bags, -bagging or -bagged (intr)

to take a packed lunch in a brown bag

to carry alcohol in a brown bag

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