handbag

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

handbags

1.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)(now rare) A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job.
2.
(Commonwealth, countable, uncountable)(chiefly Commonwealth) A small bag used chiefly by women for carrying various small personal items, sometimes considered as a fashion accessory.
Đồng nghĩa: purse
3.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis, uncountable)(uncountable, music) Ellipsis of handbag house.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

handbags

V_ing/Gerund

handbagging

V_ed/pp

handbagged

1.
(British, humorous, idiomatic, metonymically, transitive)(British, transitive, idiomatic, humorous, metonymic) To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman).

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

pursediva househandbag house

Cùng gốc / liên quan

man-bag

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Topic liên quan

👔Clothes

Nguồn gốc từ

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.