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paper bag tests

paper bag tests is the plural of paper bag test.

Meaning of paper bag test

Noun

paper bag test (plural paper bag tests)

  1. Synonym of brown bag test (“alleged racist comparison”).
    • "How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag test and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool bapistst from out in the sticks."2002 February, Don Spears, Playing for Keeps, Los Angeles: Milligan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 183
    Synonyms:
    brown bag test

Questions about paper bag tests

What is paper bag tests the plural of?
Paper bag tests is the plural of paper bag test.

Words near paper bag tests in the dictionary

  1. paper bag job
  2. paper bag jobs
  3. paper bag parties
  4. paper bag party
  5. paper bag test
  6. paper bag tests
  7. paper bags
  8. paper ballot
  9. paper ballots
  10. paper bank
  11. paper banks

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