paper bag job

noun

A very ugly person.

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Meanings

nounpaper bag job (usually uncountable, plural paper bag jobs)

plural paper bag jobs

  1. derogatoryslanguncountableusuallyA very ugly person.

    While she was not exactly a paper bag job, she was no answer to a young man's prayer, either. Still, I found by concentrating on her bathing costume, she improved an awful lot.

    2012, Jim Cunningham, Wee Willie Harris Once Stood on My Foot
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APA

paper bag job. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20bag%20job

MLA

“paper bag job.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20bag%20job. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paper bag job,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paper%20bag%20job.

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