Brown Bagger (1956, 1961, 1967)

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   Today's Word Spy word is "brown bagging," which "has been in the language since the mid-60's."
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More United States Air Force Slang (in Miscellany)
Levette J. Davidson
American Speech, Vol. 31, No. 3. (Oct., 1956), pp. 226-229.
(Pg. 227:  BROWN-BAGGER, _n_.  Originally, a married person who brought his lunch in a brown paper bag.  Today, a common term for any married man.)

2.
Volume Information
American Speech, Vol. 31, No. 4. (Dec., 1956).

3.
'Brown-Bagger,' 'Brown Bag Days' (in Miscellany)
Richard W. F. Bauerle
American Speech, Vol. 36, No. 2. (May, 1961), pp. 153-154.

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Bibliography
American Speech, Vol. 36, No. 3. (Oct., 1961), pp. 210-223.

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Volume Information
American Speech, Vol. 36, No. 4. (Dec., 1961).

6.
1961 Annual Bibliography
Paul A. Brown
PMLA, Vol. 77, No. 2. (May, 1962), pp. 101-400.

7.
The Continued Productivity of "Brown-Bagger" (in Miscellany)
Richard F. Bauerle
American Speech, Vol. 42, No. 4. (Dec., 1967), p. 308.

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Volume Information
American Speech, Vol. 42, No. 4. (Dec., 1967).

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With a Ball-Pein Hammer, Hammering Beer (in Miscellany)
Ralph C. Baxter
American Speech, Vol. 42, No. 4. (Dec., 1967), pp. 308-309.