handbag

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From hand + bag.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈhandbag/

[edit] Noun

handbag (plural handbags)

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

[edit] Synonyms

• (bag used by women): purse (North American)

[edit] Translations

[edit] 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).