Handbag vs. Purse

Handbagnoun

(mainly Commonwealth) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.

Handbagnoun

(uncountable) An subgenre of house music of the late 1980s, often with booming vocals.

Handbagverb

Figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used of Margaret Thatcher). ety

Handbagnoun

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.

Handbagnoun

a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women);

Handbagnoun

a small bag used by a woman to carry everyday personal items.

Handbagnoun

a confrontation that does not lead to serious fighting, especially among soccer players.

Handbagverb

(of a woman) verbally attack or crush (a person or idea) ruthlessly and forcefully

Handbag

A handbag, commonly known as a purse in North American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag used to carry personal items.

Pursenoun

A small bag for carrying money.

Pursenoun

(US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)

Pursenoun

A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.

Pursenoun

(historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.

Purseverb

(transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.

Purseverb

To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.

Purseverb

To put into a purse.

Purseverb

To steal purses; to rob.

Pursenoun

A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw together closely, used to carry money in; by extension, any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet; a pocketbook; a portemonnaie.

Pursenoun

Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.

Pursenoun

A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.

Pursenoun

A specific sum of money

Purseverb

To put into a purse.

Purseverb

To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles, like the mouth of a purse; to pucker; to knit.

Purseverb

To steal purses; to rob.

Pursenoun

a bag used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women);

Pursenoun

a sum of money spoken of as the contents of a money purse;

Pursenoun

a small bag for carrying money

Pursenoun

a sum of money offered as a prize;

Purseverb

contract one's lips into a rounded shape

Purseverb

gather or contract into wrinkles or folds; pucker;