Definition of barf bag
informal
: a waterproof bag into which a person (such an as airplane passenger) who is experiencing nausea can vomit
Nonetheless, he has his face in the barf bag on this ridiculously cramped and bumpy twin-propeller flight from Palm Springs to Los Angeles …— Rick Reilly
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“Barf bag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barf%20bag. Accessed 12 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of barf bag was in 1964
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