Handbag vs Luggage - What's the difference?
handbag | luggage |
(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 ).
The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
* Jonathan Swift
The contents of such containers.
English refractory feminine rhymes
As nouns the difference between handbag and luggage
is that handbag is (mainly commonwealth) a small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items while luggage is the bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.As a verb handbag
is (british|transitive|humorous) figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used originally of ).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)luggage
English
(wikipedia luggage)Noun
(-)- I am gathering up my luggage , and preparing for my journey.