brown-bagged

Variant of brown-bag

brown-bag definition

☆ brown·-bag (-bag′)

transitive verb, intransitive verb brown-bagged -·bagged′, brown-bagging -·bag′ging

  1. to carry (one's lunch) to work or school, as in a brown paper bag
  2. to bring (one's own liquor) into a restaurant, nightclub, etc. which is not permitted to sell liquor but may furnish setups

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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