Definition of "brown paper" [brown paper]

• A strong brown paper used in packaging (noun)

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• "In the old days, they would have opened the front man-door for Kurtz and let him leave wearing a cheap new suit, with his possessions in a brown paper bag."
• "Over in the wastebasket was a brown paper bag, rolled back as a sort of liner."
• "VAN BUREN ST.PS outside, and J.T. Knight and I continue to glower at each other until his partner returns with a large brown paper bag."