handbags
English
Etymology
From handbag + -s. In the sense of fight, a clipping of handbags at dawn or handbags at ten paces (1980s).
Pronunciation
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Noun
handbags
- (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."
- 2011, Daniel Sperling, Ant McPartlin: 'Pub scuffle was just handbags', Digital Spy
- plural of handbag
Related terms
Interjection
handbags
- (British, slang) Said jocularly in response to a particularly derogatory, bitchy or catty dialogue; calm down; cool it.
- Synonym: meow!
- 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!
- Person C: Ooh - handbags ladies!
Verb
handbags
- third-person singular simple present indicative of handbag