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handbags en · INTJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
From handbag + -s. In the sense of fight, a clipping of handbags at dawn or handbags at ten paces (1980s).
Meanings
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(UK, slang) Said jocularly in response to a particularly derogatory, bitchy or catty dialogue; calm down; cool it.
Person C: Ooh - handbags ladies!
Person A: Not another cheeseburger, Marcia?
Person A: Well, you're fat enough as it is.
!
Person B: You can talk!
Person B: What's it to you?
Synonyms
meow
handbags en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From handbag + -s. In the sense of fight, a clipping of handbags at dawn or handbags at ten paces (1980s).
Meanings
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(UK, slang) An insignificant fight or argument.
2011, Daniel Sperling, Ant McPartlin: 'Pub scuffle was just handbags', Digital Spy
"It was just a scuffle in a pub, a bit of… handbags. Nine times out of ten, people are nice to us."
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(form-of, plural) plural of handbag
Relateds
the handbags come out · handbags at dawn
handbags en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
From handbag + -s. In the sense of fight, a clipping of handbags at dawn or handbags at ten paces (1980s).
Meanings
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(form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of handbag