handbags at dawn

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[edit] Etymology

An allusion to a duel (pistols at dawn); handbag may be a Thatcherite reference.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
handbags at dawn

Plural
uncountable

handbags at dawn (uncountable)

  1. (British, humorous) (idiomatic) a catty squabble
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