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Meaning of handbag

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

handbag

Pronunciation:/ˈhæm.bəɡ/

noun

Definitions

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

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

verb

Definitions

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