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barf bag

American  

noun

  1. Slang. a disposable paper bag provided by airlines for each passenger in the event of air sickness and usually placed in the pocket behind every seat.


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Rehearsals would have been punishing even for someone who wasn’t presumably trying to navigate them while clutching a first-trimester barf bag.

From Washington Post Feb. 13, 2023

"Then I remember some bad noises coming from Bill, and a barf bag floating back from right to left," he says.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2021

Or will I just have to start packing a barf bag for her to take to performances?

From Slate Nov. 23, 2020

Hoo boy, do we have the barf bag for you.

From Golf Digest Mar. 31, 2020

But still didn't think to pack a barf bag, and the pancakes I had this morning had turned back into batter.

From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds

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