sick bag
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2.5
- noun
- /sɪk bæg/
:
bolsa para vómito
- The flight attendant handed me a sick bag as soon as I mentioned feeling nauseous.
Examples
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The following report, reproduced here without changes or additions, was found folded up inside a sick bag, together with an undeveloped roll of film, on the first morning flight from St. Petersburg one day in September 2000.
Fiction book (2002) -
He left a legacy of broken bottles and half-eaten bags of crisps and filled four sick bags in the rear of the plane.
Fiction book (1991) -
No, give me a sick bag.
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Meanwhile, the boy has taken out his sick bag.
Fiction book (1997) -
First of all, for my mum, who always had a sick-bag at the ready just in case, and secondly for all of us who had not been further than Germany.
Blog text (14) -
During turbulence, many passengers reached for their sick bags to avoid making a mess.
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When he started feeling unwell, he quickly grabbed a sick bag from the pocket in front of him.
Synonyms
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4.7
A small bag to throw up into when you feel sick while traveling
A small bag given on planes for passengers to vomit into when they feel ill from movement
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'sick' (nauseous) with 'bag' (a container): it literally denotes a bag for someone who is sick to use. This is a straightforward, literal noun–noun compound common in travel contexts and is easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Sick bag comes from travel: it was a small paper bag given to passengers who felt sick and might 'be sick' during a trip, so the clear image of a bag for sickness made the name mean a disposable bag for vomiting on planes and other journeys.