Word.ws English Dictionary

brown bag test

brown bag test noun: the alleged practice of comparing an African-American's skin color to that of a brown paper bag, allowing them certain privileges only if the skin was lighter.

Noun

brown bag test (plural brown bag tests)

  1. (US, historical) The alleged practice of comparing an African-American's skin color to that of a brown paper bag, allowing them certain privileges only if the skin was lighter.
  2. The practice of having a patient bring all of their existing medications to an appointment with the doctor, as a way to see what has previously been prescribed and what drug interactions might be occurring.

Synonyms of brown bag test

Forms of brown bag test

pluralbrown bag tests

Questions about brown bag test

What does brown bag test mean?
Brown bag test means the alleged practice of comparing an African-American's skin color to that of a brown paper bag, allowing them certain privileges only if the skin was lighter.
What part of speech is brown bag test?
Brown bag test is a noun.
What is the plural of brown bag test?
The plural of brown bag test is brown bag tests.

Words near brown bag test in the dictionary

  1. brown argus
  2. brown arguses
  3. brown as a berry
  4. brown asbestos
  5. brown bag
  6. brown bag test
  7. brown bag tests
  8. brown bagged
  9. brown bagging
  10. brown bags
  11. brown bar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: brown bag test (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “brown bag test.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/brown_bag_test. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.