Definitions

doggy bag

NOUN

container for leftover food

Synonyms

WEAK

doggie bag leftovers tidbit bag

Example Sentences

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My faux bois doggy bag would look comfortable on Rodeo Drive or Fifth Avenue, as though my stomach went on a treat-yourself shopping spree.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

This is the very real harvest us weirdos who love ice fishing seek to leave with as much as photos or dinner: this little doggy bag of blessedness.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2020

Every weekday morning after she takes the kids to school, she hops on an electric moped, stuffs her dog into her doggy bag and rides to her studio in Brooklyn.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2019

John’s face when he realised we were in a vegetarian restaurant; me asking for a doggy bag.

From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2018

I never toss the doggy bag into a trash can that is not mine unless it’s full about to be picked up.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2017