sick bag

sick bag
noun
a bag provided on an airplane for passengers who are suffering from airsickness and need to vomit
Syn: ↑sickbag
Hypernyms: ↑bag

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sick bag noun
A small paper bag, provided for each passenger on an aircraft, which may be used by those suffering from travel sickness to vomit into
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Main Entry:sick

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sick bag UK US noun [countable] [singular sick bag plural sick bags] british
a bag provided on a plane, ship etc for you to be sick into
Thesaurus: air travel and relating to air travelhyponym

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sick bag,
Especially British. a bag for vomiting into.

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ˈsick bag 7 [sick bag sick bags] noun
a paper bag on a boat or plane into which you can ↑vomit

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