paper bag

• paper-bag, paperbag

From paper +‎ bag.

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paper bag (plural paper bags)

1. A bag made of paper, especially a firm brown kind intended for use carrying groceries.

Particularly in US English, paper bag and brown bag both appear in a variety of idiomatic expressions concerning butterfaces, people considered attractive apart from their face.

• brown bag

• paperbag waist, paper bag test, paper bag party, brown paper bag party