Doggie Bag (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- She asked the waiter for a doggie bag to take home the leftover roast chicken that she didn't finish.
- After realizing she couldn't eat the large serving, she politely requested a doggie bag to discreetly take her food home.
- When he finished eating most of his steak, he requested a doggie bag to pack the rest for his supposedly hungry dog at home.
- Her coworker couldn't finish the big lunch portion, so she quietly asked the server for a doggie bag under the guise of taking food for her dog.
- To avoid awkwardness, she ordered a doggie bag and secretly took home the rest of her dinner to eat the next day.