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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
doggy bag
 
VARIANT FORMS: or doggie bag
NOUN: A bag for leftover food that a customer of a restaurant may take home after a meal.
ETYMOLOGY:From the assumption that such food would be given to the customer's dog.
 
 
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