Handbag vs Cabas - What's the difference?
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(mainly Commonwealth) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.
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(uncountable) An anthemic subgenre of house music of the late 1980s, often with booming vocals.
(British, transitive, humorous) Figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used originally of ).
A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.
A lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag.
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As nouns the difference between handbag and cabas
is that handbag is a small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items while cabas is a flat basket or frail for figs, etc.As a verb handbag
is figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used originally of Margaret Thatcher).handbag
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (bag used by women) purse (North American) * (subgenre of house music) diva house, handbag houseHyponyms
* man-bag, murseDerived terms
* handbags at ten paces * hardbag * man-bagVerb
(handbagg)External links
* * ("handbag" on Wikipedia)cabas
English
Alternative forms
* cabaNoun
- I looked at Frances, she was putting her books into her cabas