handbag
noun /ˈhændbæɡ/
/ˈhændbæɡ/
(North American English also purse)
- a small bag for money, keys, etc., carried especially by women
enlarge imageExtra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashiona2- She was rummaging in her handbag for her keys.
- She took a pen out of her large leather handbag.
- I had my handbag stolen in Liverpool.
- 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
