brown-bag

A form of brown bag — A brown paper bag.

Meanings

verbbrown-bag (third-person singular simple present brown-bags, present participle brown-bagging, simple past and past participle brown-bagged)

present singular third person brown-bags · participle present brown-bagging · participle past brown-bagged · past brown-bagged

  1. USalternativeAlternative form of brown bag.

    John brown-bagged it today.

nounbrown-bag (plural brown-bags)

plural brown-bags

  1. alternativeAlternative form of brown bag.
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brown-bag,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown-bag.

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