Crossword clues for handbag
handbag
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
handbag \hand"bag`\ n. a small bag usually made of cloth, leather or a similar imitation material, and often having a strap to permit carrying it by slinging it over a shoulder, used by women to carry money and small personal items or accessories; as, she had to search under the cosmetics, hankies, and medicines in her handbag to find a comb.
Syn: bag, pocketbook, purse.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (context mainly Commonwealth English) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items. vb. (context British transitive humorous English) Figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used originally of http://en.wikipedi
org/wiki/Margaret%20Thatcher).
WordNet
n. a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her bag and found a comb" [syn: bag, pocketbook, purse]
Wikipedia
A handbag, also purse or pouch in North American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag that is often fashionably designed, typically used by women, to hold personal items.
Usage examples of "handbag".
She took a second large safety pin from her handbag, then, pushing the doek with the shilling into the pocket of my khaki shorts, she pinned it to the lining.
Billy wis sayin thit eh once saw that scruff-boy fae Leith, that Spud Murphy, git huckled fir chorin handbags whin eh thoat nae cunt could see wi the smoke machine oan.
She always chose soft, rather feminine outfits, arid this morning she wore a simple lilac wool suit and a matching blouse with a frilly jabot which fell down the front, gold jewelry, and black patent pumps and handbag.
When I heard the porch door slam I waited until I saw her toiling up the road, the lumpy cardigan over one arm and the handbag jigging on its strap.
Lai Kuen, grabbing her handbag and trotting stiffly out of the office on her high heels.
With a nervous glance at the tapestry bag, Lind sey grabbed her handbag and the phone book and pushed into the hall, pulling the door to behind her and checking to make sure it had locked.
Lloyd brought them alexanders in crystal lowball glasses they took upstairs with their coats and handbags.
Just my luck to draw the one bird in the world without a ton of paracetamol in her handbag.
She plonked her bulging handbag on the chair beside Banks, gave him an impish grin and made for the bar.
Carefully, she unzipped the side pouch of her handbag and withdrew a slimline camera no larger than a compact.
It will do all of the tasks you have mentioned so far: bookkeeping, spreadsheets, projections, expense breakouts, and it will fit in a handbag or a belt pouch.
It had, Brant mused, nothing to do with the fact that Suz Anne was covertly caressing his crotch with one hand as she pretended to search her handbag with the other.
She handed it to the officer, picked up the umbrella, the handbag and a sheaf of varicoloured papers and came over to the stretcher trolley carrying them.
I got the penlight out of my handbag and checked the balcony with care.
Beatrice took off the pinny she was wearing, got a jacket from the wardrobe, found her handbag and shoes and tidied her hair.