brown-bag lunch
Example Sentences
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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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