handbag
Plural: handbags
Noun
- A small bag, often with a handle or strap, used for carrying personal items.
- a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
- A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job.
- A small bag used chiefly by women for carrying various small personal items, sometimes considered as a fashion accessory.
- Ellipsis of handbag house.
Verb
- To attack verbally or subject to criticism (typically used of a woman).
Examples
- She dug through her metaphorical HANDBAG of letters, searching for a high-scoring word.
Origin / Etymology
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.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 14
handbag: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhandbag: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
handbag: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 16
handbag: valid Words With Friends Word