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brown-bag lunch

NOUN
box lunch
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During a brown-bag lunch with the junior staff, the senator stressed the importance of having an apolitical career before running for public office.

From Salon Oct. 12, 2022

But Bredesen got a warm reception at a brown-bag lunch Tuesday with a handful of small-town officials in a recreation center here.

From Washington Post Feb. 23, 2018

He had a "weekly brown-bag lunch date" in the 1980s.

From Slate Sep. 25, 2014

Other times, he'll jokingly lament about his receding hairline, or the time he brought a cheesesteak to a brown-bag lunch with fellow Penn State coaches who were eating salads.

From Seattle Times May 14, 2012

I wave back but set down my brown-bag lunch next to Dana.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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