handbag

  1. Noun.  (British, and) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.
  2. Verb.  (British) (transitive, humorous) Figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used originally of Margaret Thatcher).

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