handbag
89
1.0
- noun
- /ˈhændˌbæɡ/
:
bolso
- I found my keys at the bottom of my handbag after searching for them all morning.
She's bashing me with her handbag and now she's fighting her.
- She's bashing me with her handbag and now she's fighting her.
- Ivanka sold them handbags and Jared evicted them.
- I got this huge whoa, this is really big handbag, but I love this silver color.
- So that is everything that is in my handbag currently.
- I feel like I need to clear all of my handbags out for these.
- When you're buying a designer handbag, go to the brand's website first.
- And this will make you laugh, will be sort of like handbag Hairspray.
- This ladies and gentlemen is your perfect handbag best friend.
Examples
-
Oh my gosh, you guys, how cute is this little handbag by the Cambridge Satchel Company?
-
One woman who knew her said that 'La Nacha' had a big handbag always on her lap.
Academic text (2008) -
Oh, yeah, I was just going through my handbag and I pulled these out.
-
That is a fantastic handbag, by the way.
-
And I always carry these in my handbag.
-
All my belongings, including my handbag with everything in it, are on my seat inside the train.
Academic text (2000) -
I pulled my checkbook from my handbag and wrote out the check.
Fiction book (1990) -
Tucking the book in her handbag, she left the library and headed south.
Fiction book (1995) -
Last year, I made her a beautiful little handbag from the finest rags I could find.
Fiction book (1990) -
You guys know how I love my handbags and I love keeping them pristine.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A flexible container for carrying personal things like books or clothes
399
1.0
A small bag for carrying money, cards, and small personal items
40
4.1
A large strong bag for carrying things like books or groceries
28
2.5
A small bag with a strap that you wear over your shoulder to carry books or personal things
15
3.1
A small bag used to carry money and small personal items
12
1.8
A large strong cloth container with two long handles for carrying books or shopping
11
5.3
A small flat purse without straps that you carry by hand
5
1.3
A bag with a long strap that you wear on one shoulder
2
4.1
A small elegant bag a woman carries to formal evening events
1
4.1
A small handbag without straps that you carry in your hand for formal occasions
Idioms
To have a strong, unpleasant scent of old heavy perfume and dampness
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word handbag is made of hand and bag, literally 'hand' and 'bag', so it was originally a small bag carried in the hand. That's why handbag means a small bag for money and personal items.