doggy bag

noun
1.
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
Examples from the web for doggy bag
  • Distract them by praising their cooking and asking for a doggy bag.
British Dictionary definitions for doggy bag

doggy bag

noun
1.
a bag into which leftovers from a meal may be put and taken away, supposedly for the diner's dog
Slang definitions & phrases for doggy bag

doggy bag

noun phrase

A paper or plastic bag or box given a restaurant customer to take home leftovers (1964+)