Handbag

noun

/ˈhæm.bəɡ/

Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

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

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

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

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