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brown paper

noun

  1. a coarse unbleached paper used for wrapping
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Wearing a button that read “More White Claw—Less Abortion Laws,” Bennett gave the students their brown paper baggies—and before they walked away, a few of them signed pledge cards for the amendment.

From Slate

Kim Kardashian collaborated with Balenciaga and carried a brown paper Erewhon shopping bag designed by the questionable brand to an outdoor L.A. fashion show.

He handed me a brown paper bag — mind you, just a regular lunch-size kraft paper bag that was still flat and folded — and in all seriousness said, “Just in case you need it.”

Slowly he handed me a brown paper bag — mind you, just a regular lunch-size kraft paper bag, still flat and folded.

As I stood in the security screening line earlier, I decided that after Obama's farewell address I would go to Michigan Avenue, buy a 34-ounce can of Asahi beer, put it in a brown paper bag and then stand across from Trump Tower.

From Salon

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