Topic: CLOTHES AND FASHION
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hand‧bag S3
[countable]
[countable]1DC a small bag in which a woman carries money and personal things [= purse American English]
2 used humorously to describe a situation in which two people are fighting, but in way that is so weak or lacking in force that the fight is funny to watch :
Dennis looked like he threw a punch, but it was just handbags.
handbags
informal
Dennis looked like he threw a punch, but it was just handbags.