handbag
noun/ˈhændbæɡ/
/ˈhændbæɡ/
(North American English also purse)
- a small bag for money, keys, etc., especially one carried by a woman
- She was rummaging in her handbag for her keys.
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashiona2- She took a pen out of her large leather handbag.
- I had my handbag stolen at the train station.
- She put her purse into her handbag.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- capacious
- large
- …
- clutch
- hold
- carry
- …
- from a/the handbag
- out of a/the handbag
- in a/the handbag
- …
- the contents of a handbag
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