sack lunch
Brown bag contents
A sack lunch is a meal packed from home and carried in a bag, typically a brown paper sack.
The term evokes simple, portable fare—a sandwich, chips, maybe an apple—brought to school or work: I brown-bagged it and ate my sack lunch at my desk.
Contrast with buying lunch or eating in a cafeteria.
- appleCrisp tree fruit
- cookieSweet baked snack
- chipsThin fried slices
- sandwichFilling between bread slices
- field tripOrganized educational excursion
wrapper · thermos · paper bag · brown paper bag · peanut butter · frugality · brown bag · napkin · juice box · trading · school cafeteria · picnic table · childhood nostalgia · pack-up · family traditions · bag · crinkle · bread
formality/dining context
sack lunchbanquet
Formal celebratory meal
power lunch · three-course meal · formal dinner · sit-down meal · business lunch
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