Handbag

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A woman's purse.
  • n. A piece of small hand luggage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.
  • n. An anthemic subgenre of house music of the late 1980s, often with booming vocals.
  • v. (transitive, humorous) Figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used originally of Margaret Thatcher).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels, etc.
  • n. a small bag usually made of cloth, leather or a similar imitation material, and often having a strap to permit carrying it by slinging it over a shoulder, used by women to carry money and small personal items or accessories.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • A bag for small articles, carried in the hand in traveling or shopping.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    container   
    Hyponym
    reticule    clutch bag    clutch    shoulder bag    étui    evening bag    man-bag    murse   
    Form
    man-bag   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bag    pocketbook    purse    gripe    gripsack    portmanteau    Gladstone bag    Gladstone    satchel    carpetbag   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    sandbag   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    briefcase    sunglasses    satchel    wallet    purse    raincoat    backpack    parasol    mitten    pocketbook