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handbag
/ˈhæm.bəɡ/
noun
(mainly Commonwealth) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.
An subgenre of house music of the late 1980s, often with booming vocals.
verb
Figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used of Margaret Thatcher).
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