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brown bagging

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables
brown bag-ging
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of brown bag

noun

The practice of carrying lunch to work (or school), frequently in a brown paper bag.

Uncountable

noun

The agricultural practice of planting seed saved from the farmer's own harvest, as opposed to buying new seed from a seed company.

Uncountable

noun

A healthcare practice in which a pharmacy ships a drug directly to the patient, and the patient in turn must physically carry it to their clinic appointment.

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

white bagging

Frequently Paired Words

white bagging

Questions

What does brown bagging mean?
present participle and gerund of brown bag

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