doggy bag
noun
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
1An Americanism dating back to 1965–70
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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.
British Dictionary definitions for doggy bag
doggy bag
noun
a bag into which leftovers from a meal may be put and taken away, supposedly for the diner's dog
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