brown paper
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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During searches, officers found a brown paper bag containing a tiny item they initially thought was a baby bird.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
The moment an order pops up on the screen, workers jump into action - picking, scanning, and packing items into the trademark brown paper bags with such speed it almost feels robotic.
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026
She was holding a cup of coffee and a homemade turkey sandwich — white bread, cut on the diagonal, slathered with Kewpie mayo and layered with lettuce — tucked into a brown paper bag.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2026
They also studied up on forensics and, to similarly standardize evidence collection, assembled their own proto-rape kits in brown paper bags on Friday nights—the first ones used in New York City.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
A packet wrapped in brown paper and tied with a bit of calico proved to hold girlish bits of fabric.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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