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brownbagging

brownbagging 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 brownbagging

What is brownbagging the alternative form of?
Brownbagging is the alternative form of brown bagging.

Words near brownbagging in the dictionary

  1. brownable
  2. brownback
  3. brownbacks
  4. brownbagger
  5. brownbaggers
  6. brownbagging
  7. Brownbridge
  8. Brownbridges
  9. brownbul
  10. brownbuls
  11. Browncoat

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