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brown-bagging

brown-bagging is the present participle and gerund of brown-bag.

brown-bagging is the alternative form of brown bagging.

Meaning of brown bagging

Noun

brown bagging (uncountable)

  1. The practice of carrying lunch to work (or school), frequently in a brown paper bag.
  2. The agricultural practice of planting seed saved from the farmer's own harvest, as opposed to buying new seed from a seed company.
  3. (pharmacy) A healthcare practice in which a pharmacy ships a drug directly to the patient, and the patient in turn must physically carry it to their clinic appointment.

Questions about brown-bagging

What is brown-bagging the present participle and gerund of?
Brown-bagging is the present participle and gerund of brown-bag.

Words near brown-bagging in the dictionary

  1. Brown's Town
  2. brown-bag
  3. brown-bagged
  4. brown-bagger
  5. brown-baggers
  6. brown-bagging
  7. brown-bags
  8. brown-bill
  9. brown-billed scythebill
  10. brown-billed scythebills
  11. brown-bills

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