brown-bagged
v.— «They apparently were brown-bagging seed, selling it for just under the brand price and using it for propagation purposes.”…Hanshaw says others accused were selling brown-bagged wheat seed for $1 to $2 under the certified seed market price.» —“Seed piracy verdict against Arkansas co-op reversed” by David Bennett Delta Farm Press (Memphis, Tennessee) Nov. 7, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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