doggy bag

See synonyms for doggy bag on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. a small bag provided on request by a restaurant for a customer to carry home leftovers of a meal, ostensibly to feed a dog or other pet.

Origin of doggy bag

1
An Americanism dating back to 1965–70

Words Nearby doggy bag

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use doggy bag in a sentence

  • In the end, he ended up developing, at the age of 73, he got a good little business going, selling doggy bags to restaurants in Philadelphia that were notoriously cheap.

    Making a Killing With Jim Cramer | Eugene Robinson | February 1, 2021 | Ozy

British Dictionary definitions for doggy bag

doggy bag

noun
  1. a bag into which leftovers from a meal may be put and taken away, supposedly for the diner's dog

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012