brown bag
To carry one's packed lunch from home, either literally or figuratively in a brown…To carry one's packed lunch from home, either literally or figuratively in a brown paper bag or a lunchbox, rather than purchase it from a cafeteria or restaurant.
» Tom handed Mary a brown bag.
Том передал Мэри коричневую сумку.
Meaning
3 senses(ambitransitive, informal)To carry one's packed lunch from home, either literally or figuratively in a brown paper bag or a lunchbox, rather than purchase it from a cafeteria or restaurant.
I'm brown bagging it again this month because the combination of healthy plus inexpensive is hard to beat otherwise.
(ambitransitive, informal)To consume alcohol in public from the bottle or can, while it is held concealed inside a brown paper bag, so as to avoid attention e.g. from the police.
I'm brown bagging it again today because I haven't managed to kick this habit yet.
(ambitransitive, informal)To plant seed saved from one's own harvest, as opposed to buying new seed from a seed company.
I'm brown bagging it again this year because I don't need to be spending money on expensive hybrids.
Examples
9 sentencesTom handed Mary a brown bag.
ruТом передал Мэри коричневую сумку. — sharptoothed
Put it in a brown paper bag.
deLeg es in eine braune Papiertüte. — dinkel_girl
Tom handed Mary a small brown bag.
Tom packed his lunch in a brown paper bag.
Tom pulled out a sandwich from a brown paper bag.
deTom holte aus einer braunen Papiertüte ein Butterbrot hervor. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
(presentation): From the brown paper bag traditionally used to carry one's own packed lunc(presentation): From the brown paper bag traditionally used to carry one's own packed lunch from home.
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Forms
brown bags, brown bagging, brown bagged, brown bagged| Base form | brown bag · to brown bag |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | brown bags |
| Present participle | brown bagging |
| Past simple | brown bagged |
| Past participle | brown bagged |
irregular · Lesson
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle