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  1. brown bagnoun

    A short presentation or seminar on a given subject, especially one given at lunchtime.

  2. brown bagverb

    To carry one's lunch from home, as in a bag, rather than purchase it from a cafeteria or restaurant.

  3. Etymology: From the brown paper bag traditionally used to carry one's own lunch from home.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brown bag in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brown bag in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of brown bag in a Sentence

  1. Charles Mathias, Jr.:

    The brown bag, of course, had its imperfections. While some kids carried roast beef sandwiches, others had peanut butter. I have no way of knowing if all of those brown bags contained 'nutritionally adequate diets.' But I do know that those brown bags and those lunch pails symbolized parental love and responsibility.

  2. Laura Tijerina:

    It looked like Adam Levine wanted to fight the guy, i think this guy had it planned. It was a brown bag with tape around it, which was weird. I just saw powder everywhere. It was just so quick.

  3. Charles Mathias, Jr.:

    I cannot help but wonder whether, by continuing and expanding the school lunch program, we aren't witnessing, if not encouraging, the slow demise of yet another American tradition the brown bag. ... Perhaps we are beholding yet another break in the chain that links child to home.

  4. Laura Tijerina:

    It looked like he wanted to fight the guy, i think this guy had it planned. It was a brown bag with tape around it, which was weird. I just saw powder everywhere. It was just so quick.


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