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.
- brought to work, usually in a small brown paper bag: a brown-bag lunch.
- brown-bag it, to bring one's lunch to work or elsewhere, especially in a brown paper bag.
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Word Origin and History for brown-bagv."to bring lunch or liquor in a brown paper bag," 1970, from brown (adj.) + bag (n.). Related: Brown-bagging.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
