handbag en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈhændˌbæɡ/ (UK, US)
- /ˈhæm.bəɡ/ (UK, US)
- (UK) audio
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.
Meanings
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(archaic, countable, uncountable) A small bag carried in the hand, used either when travelling or to carry tools for a specific job.
From a little hand-bag he extracted his automatic pistol, which he put upon the mantelpiece.
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:I put on my new suit and put my watch on and packed the other suit and the accessories and my razor and brushes in my hand bag […].
1929, William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury:
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(Commonwealth, countable, uncountable) A small bag used chiefly by women for carrying various small personal items, sometimes considered as a fashion accessory.
Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway, and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:In London, of all places, where people are always on the lookout for opportunities to commit crimes: an unzipped handbag, a phone sticking out of a back pocket, an unpadlocked bike.
2020, Jess Ryder, The Night Away:An enormous amount of off-book money sloshes around Chinese business and officialdom, and some of it runs into handbags.
2013, James Palmer, ‘Kept women’, Aeon:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of handbag house.
alt of handbag house
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| handbags | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
social handbag · handbags at dawn · bachelor's handbag · handbagger · smell like a tart's handbag · handbaggy · hardbag · handbagless · handbag clip · I lost my handbag · handbagful · man-bag
Descendants
ハンドバッグ · ainpehk · 핸드백 · handbag
Synonyms
Translations (134)
mk торба (small bag carried in the hand) · sq çantë dore (small bag carried in the hand) · ko 손가방 (small bag carried in the hand) · it borsetta (small bag carried in the hand) · kw tigen (small bag carried in the hand) · fa-ira کیف (small bag carried in the hand) · uz sumka (small bag carried in the hand) · bg ча́нта (small bag carried in the hand) · vi túi xách (small bag carried in the hand) · tg сумка (small bag carried in the hand) · id tas tangan (small bag carried in the hand) · prs بَکْسِ دَسْتِی (small bag carried in the hand) · kk қолдорба (small bag carried in the hand) · kmr çantê destan (small bag carried in the hand) · tk el sumkasy (small bag carried in the hand) · br sac'h-dorn (small bag carried in the hand) · bo ལག་འབེག (small bag carried in the hand) · ru да́мская су́мочка (small bag carried in the hand) · cmn 手袋 (small bag carried in the hand) · ru су́мка (small bag carried in the hand) · uk то́рбочка (small bag carried in the hand) · uk ридикю́ль (small bag carried in the hand) · fr sac à main (small bag carried in the hand) · cs kabelka (small bag carried in the hand) · sh та̀шка (small bag carried in the hand) · ja 手提げバッグ (small bag carried in the hand) · my လက်ဆွဲအိတ် (small bag carried in the hand) · my လက်ပွေ့အိတ် (small bag carried in the hand) · uk жіно́ча су́мка (small bag carried in the hand) · hy ձեռքի պայուսակ (small bag carried in the hand) · th กระเป๋าหิ้ว (small bag carried in the hand) · km កំប្រោងយួរ (small bag carried in the hand) · my လက်ကိုင်အိတ် (small bag carried in the hand) · ko 가방 (small bag carried in the hand) · ky баштык (small bag carried in the hand) · es bolsa (small bag carried in the hand) · sh tàška (small bag carried in the hand) · be су́мачка (small bag carried in the hand) · bn হ্যান্ডব্যাগ (small bag carried in the hand) · ga mála láimhe (small bag carried in the hand) · ar حَقِيبَةُ يَد (small bag carried in the hand) · ar مَثْبَنَة (small bag carried in the hand) · bg да́мска ча́нта (small bag carried in the hand) · aii ܓ̰ܲܢܛܵܐ (small bag carried in the hand) · be рыдыкю́ль (small bag carried in the hand) · tr çanta (small bag carried in the hand) · th กระเป๋าถือ (small bag carried in the hand) · eo mansako (small bag carried in the hand) · sh ručna torba (small bag carried in the hand) · da håndtaske (small bag carried in the hand) · pl torebka (small bag carried in the hand) · km កាបូបយួរ (small bag carried in the hand) · ja 鞄 (small bag carried in the hand) · el τσάντα (small bag carried in the hand) · sh tòrbica (small bag carried in the hand) · tg халтаи дастӣ (small bag carried in the hand) · vi túi xách tay (small bag carried in the hand) · fa-ira کیفِ دَسْتی (small bag carried in the hand) · vi bị cầm tay (small bag carried in the hand) · ru ридикю́ль (small bag carried in the hand) · fi käsilaukku (small bag carried in the hand) · pdt Jelttausch (small bag carried in the hand) · ar شَنْطَة (small bag carried in the hand) · tg сумкаи дастӣ (small bag carried in the hand) · ca bossa de mà (small bag carried in the hand) · yue 手袋 (small bag carried in the hand) · ug قول سومكىسى (small bag carried in the hand) · is handtaska (small bag carried in the hand) · cy bag llaw (small bag carried in the hand) · et käekott (small bag carried in the hand) · nb håndveske (small bag carried in the hand) · mkj ainpehk (small bag carried in the hand) · he תִּיק יָד (small bag carried in the hand) · es bulto (small bag carried in the hand) · fr sacoche (small bag carried in the hand) · sk kabelka (small bag carried in the hand) · sq kuletë (small bag carried in the hand) · ky кол сомкеси (small bag carried in the hand) · tg халта (small bag carried in the hand) · hy պայուսակ (small bag carried in the hand) · ka ხელჩანთა (small bag carried in the hand) · sv handväska (small bag carried in the hand) · hu kézitáska (small bag carried in the hand) · pt bolsa (small bag carried in the hand) · af handsak (small bag carried in the hand) · az çanta (small bag carried in the hand) · ja 手鞄 (small bag carried in the hand) · uk су́мочка (small bag carried in the hand) · lb Posch (small bag carried in the hand) · lo ກະເປົາຖື (small bag carried in the hand) · tg капчуки дастӣ (small bag carried in the hand) · sl torbica (small bag carried in the hand) · kk сөмке (small bag carried in the hand) · ko 핸드백 (small bag carried in the hand) · sh то̀рбица (small bag carried in the hand) · mn гар цүнх (small bag carried in the hand) · uk торби́нка (small bag carried in the hand) · cmn 手提包 (small bag carried in the hand) · nn handveske (small bag carried in the hand) · es cartera (small bag carried in the hand) · sh ручна торба (small bag carried in the hand) · nan-hbl kha-báng (zh-min-nan) (small bag carried in the hand) · mt ħendbeg (small bag carried in the hand) · lt rankinė (small bag carried in the hand) · tr el çantası (small bag carried in the hand) · es bolso (small bag carried in the hand) · ru су́мочка (small bag carried in the hand) · ur ہَینْڈ بَیگ (small bag carried in the hand) · ro geantă (small bag carried in the hand) · prs بَکْس (small bag carried in the hand) · bn হাতব্যাগ (small bag carried in the hand) · ht valiz (small bag carried in the hand) · ps د لاس کڅوړه (small bag carried in the hand) · hi हैंडबैग (small bag carried in the hand) · ja 手提げ鞄 (small bag carried in the hand) · ug سومكا (small bag carried in the hand) · eo mansaketo (small bag carried in the hand) · ky сумка (small bag carried in the hand) · ro џанта (small bag carried in the hand) · mk чанта (small bag carried in the hand) · nb handveske (small bag carried in the hand) · lv rokassoma (small bag carried in the hand) · nl handtas (small bag carried in the hand) · ur دَسْتی بَٹْوَہ (small bag carried in the hand) · az əl çantası (small bag carried in the hand) · kk қол сөмкесі (small bag carried in the hand) · ps لاس بکس (small bag carried in the hand) · mk рачна торба (small bag carried in the hand) · ms beg tangan (small bag carried in the hand) · ur دَسْتی بَیگ (small bag carried in the hand) · be то́рбачка (small bag carried in the hand) · de Handtasche (small bag carried in the hand) · ja ハンドバッグ (small bag carried in the hand) · pt mala (small bag carried in the hand)