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doggy bag

doggy bag noun: a bag (or other container) used to take home uneaten food from a restaurant meal.

Noun

doggy bag (plural doggy bags)

  1. A bag (or other container) used to take home uneaten food from a restaurant meal.
    • Near-synonym: goody bag
    Synonyms:
    goody bag
  2. A bag used to pick up the droppings of dogs in parks and public places.
    Synonyms:
    bowser bag

Synonyms of doggy bag

Forms of doggy bag

pluraldoggy bags
alternative formdoggie bag

Origin of doggy bag

From doggy + bag. In the food sense, this refers to the idea that the food is to be taken home for the diner's dog.

Questions about doggy bag

What does doggy bag mean?
Doggy bag means a bag (or other container) used to take home uneaten food from a restaurant meal.
What part of speech is doggy bag?
Doggy bag is a noun.
What is the plural of doggy bag?
The plural of doggy bag is doggy bags.

Words near doggy bag in the dictionary

  1. doggrelized
  2. doggrelizes
  3. doggrelizing
  4. doggrels
  5. doggy
  6. doggy bag
  7. doggy bags
  8. doggy biscuit
  9. doggy biscuits
  10. doggy dinner bowl look
  11. doggy dinner bowl looks

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