handbag
hand·bag
noun
1.
a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- “she reached into her bag and found a comb”
Origin
From hand + bag. The music genre is named from women dancing around a pile of their handbags in nightclubs. The verb is a reference to Margaret Thatcher's handbag.
Phrases
- bachelor's handbag
- handbag clip
- handbags at dawn
- I lost my handbag
- smell like a tart's handbag
- social handbag
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