brown bag
A brown paper bagA brown paper bag.
» Tom handed Mary a brown bag.
Том передал Мэри коричневую сумку.
Meaning
2 sensesA brown paper bag.
(idiomatic)A short presentation or seminar on a given subject, especially one given at lunchtime.
Did you attend the brown bag Tuesday on healthy exercise habits?
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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