Handbag Definition

hăndbăg
handbags
noun
handbags
A woman's purse.
American Heritage
A bag, usually of leather or cloth, held in the hand or hung by a strap from the arm or shoulder and used, esp. by women, to carry money, keys, and personal effects.
Webster's New World
A small suitcase or valise.
Webster's New World

(uncountable) An anthemic subgenre of house music of the late 1980s, often with booming vocals.

Wiktionary
verb
(UK, humorous) Figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used originally of Margaret Thatcher).
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Handbag

Noun

Singular:
handbag
Plural:
handbags

Origin of Handbag

  • hand +‎ bag. The music genre is named from women dancing around a pile of their handbags in nightclubs.

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