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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:
1965–70, Americanism
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doggy bag or doggie bag  
n.  A bag for leftover food that a customer of a restaurant may take home after a meal.

[From the assumption that such food would be given to the customer's dog.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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doggy bag [ˈdɔgibæg]

  1. n.
    a bag—supplied by a restaurant—in which uneaten food can be carried home. : We do not have doggy bags, but I can give you a styrofoam box. You must fill it yourself.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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