brown-bagging
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verb (used with object)
1.
to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
2.
to bring (one's lunch) to work or elsewhere, usually in a small brown paper bag.
verb (used without object)
3.
to carry one's lunch in a brown paper bag.
adjective
Idioms 4.
brought to work, usually in a small brown paper bag: a brown-bag lunch.
5.
brown-bag it, to bring one's lunch to work or elsewhere, especially in a brown paper bag.
Related forms
brown-bag·ger, noun
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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