brown-bag

Verb

brown bag (third-person singular simple present brown bags, present participle brown bagging, simple past and past participle brown bagged)

1. (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.
2. (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.
3. (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.

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