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handbag

/ˈhæm.bəɡ/

noun

Meaning

  • (mainly Commonwealth) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.

  • An subgenre of house music of the late 1980s, often with booming vocals.

Synonyms

purse,
diva house,
handbag house

verb

Meaning

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