handbags
An insignificant fight or argumentAn insignificant fight or argument.
» Please do not invite crime by leaving handbags and valuables on your seat unattended.
Пожалуйста, не провоцируйте преступников - не оставляйте без присмотра сумки и ценные вещи на сиденьях.
Meaning
1 senses(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."
Examples
4 sentencesPlease do not invite crime by leaving handbags and valuables on your seat unattended.
ruПожалуйста, не провоцируйте преступников - не оставляйте без присмотра сумки и ценные вещи на сиденьях.
Jane has five handbags.
She needs two handbags.
deSie braucht zwei Handtaschen.
Mary collects shoes and handbags.
deMaria sammelt Schuhe und Handtaschen.
Origin
From handbag + -s. In the sense of fight, a clipping of handbags at dawn or handbags at teFrom handbag + -s. In the sense of fight, a clipping of handbags at dawn or handbags at ten paces (1980s).
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Forms
plural: handbagses| Singular | handbags |
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