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English

Etymology

From hand + bag.

Pronunciation

Noun

handbag (plural handbags)

  1. (UK and Canadian) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.

Synonyms

Verb

to handbag (third-person singular simple present handbags, present participle handbagging, simple past and past participle handbagged)

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

 

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