Definition of brown bags:
(v) :
(informal, ambitransitive) To carry one's packed lunch from home, either literally or figuratively in a brown paper bag or a lunchbox, rather than purchase it from a cafeteria or restaurant.
(n) :
(idiomatic) A short presentation or seminar on a given subject, especially one given at lunchtime.
(n) :
A brown paper bag.
(v) :
(informal, ambitransitive) To consume alcohol in public from the bottle or can, while it is held concealed inside a brown paper bag, so as to avoid attention e.g. from the police.
(v) :
(informal, agriculture, ambitransitive) To plant seed saved from one's own harvest, as opposed to buying new seed from a seed company.