Brownbagging

Brownbagging or brown-bagging refers to various uses of a typical brown paper bag:

Alcohol

* Under United States open container laws, carrying a container of alcohol concealed in a paper bag
* Bringing your own alcoholic beverages to a restaurant lacking a liquor license (also known as BYOB for "Bring Your Own Bottle") [cite news
url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954209,00.html?iid=chix-sphere
title=Sour Grapes in the Big Apple
date=April 2 1984
publisher=TIME magazine
accessdate=2007-12-15]

Food

* Carrying a home-made lunch to work or school, frequently in a brown paper bag
* A brownbag, an informal meeting or presentation, to which you are welcome to bring your lunch

Medicine

* Supplying privately purchased drugs to a hospital or cliniccite news
url=http://www.drugtopics.com/drugtopics/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=398015
title=Final rules may slow brown bagging
author=Fred Gebhart
date=June 22 2007
publisher=Drugtopics.com
accessdate=2007-12-15
quote=Final rules on hospital participation in Medicare and Medicaid may help pharmacists crack down on patients who try to provide their own drugs for hospital use. The practice is called "brown bagging," from the brown paper bags patients get from retail pharmacies.] .

Agriculture

* Brownbagging (agriculture), the farming practice of reusing seeds from year to year, which is illegal for patented varieties

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