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handbag
noun [C] mainly British /ˈhæn(d)ˌbæɡ/
singularhandbag
pluralhandbags
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  1. 1
    a small bag used by women for carrying personal things such as money and keys. The usual American word is purse. (女用)小提包
  2. 2

    handbag

    or

    handbags

    humorous a confrontation that is not serious and does not lead to fighting, especially between footballers from rival teams in the course of a game

    This is as clear an incident of handbag-at-ten-paces as you're likely to see in football.

    If there were no signs of injury and if it was just handbags stuff, does he deserve to be sacked?

    Their online spat is hilarious; talk about handbags at dawn.

    This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary from United Kingdom on 11/07/2012
     Synonyms and related words
    Arguments: argument, disagreement, conflict...
handbag
verb [T] humorous /ˈhæn(d)ˌbæɡ/
present tense
I/you/we/theyhandbag
he/she/ithandbags
present participlehandbagging
past tensehandbagged
past participlehandbagged
  1. if a woman handbags someone, she argues with them forcefully and gets them to do what she wants

    I met Mrs Thatcher at the ambassador's residence and she handbagged me.

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Word story
This word was applied in the 1980s to UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her way of forcefully persuading other people to do what she wanted.

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