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brown paper

British  

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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After Italy’s stunning 8-6 win over the Americans, Pasquantino forgot to remove the brown paper bag before presenting the bottles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

The moment an order pops up on the screen, workers jump into action - picking, scanning, and packing items into the trademark brown paper bags with such speed it almost feels robotic.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

She was holding a cup of coffee and a homemade turkey sandwich — white bread, cut on the diagonal, slathered with Kewpie mayo and layered with lettuce — tucked into a brown paper bag.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024

Ivy and her family ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches out of brown paper bags.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake