brown-bag



brown-bag

1. n. a bag lunch. Bring a brown-bag, and we’ll talk and eat at the same time.
2. in. to carry a bag lunch. He’s back to brown-bagging while he saves up for his vacation.
3. mod. having to do with an event during which people eat their own bag lunches. These brown-bag affairs seem so tacky.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AignÉIs-Irish
BunnyBUN-eeEnglish
Cadfan-Welsh
Leokadiale-aw-KAHD-yahPolish
Katrinkah-TREEN (German, Swedish)German, Swedish, Estonian
JulianJOO-lee-ən (English), JOOL-yən (English), YUWL-yahn (Polish), YOO-lee-ahn (German)English, Polish, German