brown paper

noun

A strong, coarse, brown-coloured paper, not heavily bleached and retaining more of the natural components of wood (especially lignin); commonly used in packaging.

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Meanings

nounbrown paper (usually uncountable, plural brown papers)

plural brown papers

  1. uncountableusuallyA strong, coarse, brown-coloured paper, not heavily bleached and retaining more of the natural components of wood (especially lignin); commonly used in packaging.

    Then up Jack got. And home did trot, As fast as he could caper; Dame Gill did the job, To plaster his nob With vinegar and brown paper.

    1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 3
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    “I believe, Miss Howard, that it was you who found this sheet of brown paper?” He held up the same dusty piece which Poirot and I had examined in the morning-room at Styles.

    1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 155

Translations

Esperanto brunpapero
  • brunpaperostrong brown paper used in packaging
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brown paper,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20paper.

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