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brown paper en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) A strong, coarse, brown-coloured paper, not heavily bleached and retaining more of the natural components of wood (especially lignin); commonly used in packaging.
   • Then up Jack got. And home did trot, As fast as he could caper; Dame Gill did the job, To plaster his nob With vinegar and brown paper. 1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 3:
   • “I believe, Miss Howard, that it was you who found this sheet of brown paper?” He held up the same dusty piece which Poirot and I had examined in the morning-room at Styles. 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 155:

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eo brunpapero (strong brown paper used in packaging)