Handbag

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  handbag \hand"bag`\ n.
     a small bag usually made of cloth, leather or a similar
     imitation material, and often having a strap to permit
     carrying it by slinging it over a shoulder, used by women to
     carry money and small personal items or accessories; as, she
     had to search under the cosmetics, hankies, and medicines in


     her handbag to find a comb.
  
     Syn: bag, pocketbook, purse.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  handbag
       n : a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or
           accessories (especially by women); "she reached into her
           bag and found a comb" [syn: {bag}, {pocketbook}, {purse}]