doggy bag

Variant of doggie bag.

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doggy bag

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

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dog′gy bag`

a small bag or other container provided by a restaurant for a customer to take home leftovers.

[1965–70, Amer.]

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Noun

doggy bag - a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog

doggie bag

carrier bag, paper bag, sack, poke - a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

Translations

doggy bag

n → sacchetto per gli avanzi da portare a casa

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