What does handbag mean?

Definitions for handbag
ˈhændˌbæghand·bag

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. bag, handbag, pocketbook, pursenoun

    a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

    "she reached into her bag and found a comb"

Wiktionary

  1. handbagnoun

    A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.

  2. handbagverb

    Figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used originally of Margaret Thatcher).

  3. Etymology: From hand + bag.

Wikipedia

  1. Handbag

    A handbag, commonly known as a purse or pocketbook in North American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag used to carry personal items.

ChatGPT

  1. handbag

    A handbag is a medium to large bag used primarily by women to carry personal items such as wallet, keys, smartphone, cosmetics, and other essentials. It often has handles, a shoulder strap, or both, and it can be made from various materials like leather, cloth, or synthetic fabrics. Handbags come in various shapes, sizes, and designs and are both functional and often used as a fashion accessory.

Wikidata

  1. Handbag

    A handbag, also purse or pouch in American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag that is often fashionably designed, typically used by women, to hold personal items such as wallet/coins, keys, a mobile phone, books, a pen and paper, cosmetics and jewelry, a hairbrush, contraceptives, or pepper spray.

Editors Contribution

  1. handbag

    A type of product.

    The handbag was tall and beautiful.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 5, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of handbag in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of handbag in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of handbag in a Sentence

  1. Jeffrey Berk:

    The clientele for a Birkin or Kelly handbag suddenly wasn't traveling, buying a house or a Bentley, she had a lot of cash and needed to park it in an indulgence.

  2. Ivanka Trump:

    I said, 'Honey, you don't just start a handbag company,'.

  3. Tallulah Bankhead:

    I love your gown darling, but your handbag is on fire!

  4. Abigail Klem:

    We actually feel super optimistic because, I think, one, a lot of people support Ivanka, even across both political parties, and then I think a lot of other people feel like, ‘Oh, I didn’t know Ivanka had a shoe line.’ ‘Oh, I didn’t know she had a handbag line.’ And they’re buying it.

  5. Rachmat Thomas:

    The success story about this pump is that it is all handcrafted, and the secret about this pump is that you can actually fold it up and put it into your handbag.

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