handbags

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17
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8

Definition of handbags

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (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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noun

  1. (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."”
  2. (form-of, plural)plural of handbag

intj

  1. (British, slang)Said jocularly in response to a particularly derogatory, bitchy or catty dialogue; calm down; cool it.
    “!”
    “Person A: Not another cheeseburger, Marcia?”
    “Person B: What's it to you?”
    “Person A: Well, you're fat enough as it is.”
    “Person B: You can talk!”

verb

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of handbag

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Etymology

From handbag + -s. In the sense of fight, a clipping of handbags at dawn or handbags at ten paces (1980s).

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