handbags

/ (ˈhændˌbæɡz) /


pl n
  1. facetious an incident in which people, esp sportsmen, fight or threaten to fight, but without real intent to inflict harm (esp in the phrases handbags at dawn, handbags at twenty paces, etc)

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How to use handbags in a sentence

  • The baggage—two trunks, a showman's keyster, two suitcases, a big duffle bag and handbags—was loaded on trailer and backseat.

    David Lannarck, Midget | George S. Harney
  • We must leave our heavy luggage at Port Said, to be picked up again on our return, and only take what we can carry in handbags.

  • It is therefore the one in which people usually keep the things which they especially value, and their pocketbooks or handbags.

  • Some people with handbags pushed past, and Knight had to step into the room to avoid them.

    The Second Latchkey | Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson
  • Tiny earthen bean-pots, spectacles, handbags, imitation folders—any of these things would do for souvenirs.

    Suppers | Paul Pierce