Murse is a hyponym of handbag.
As nouns the difference between murse and handbag
is that murse is (us slang) a man's purse or murse can be (us slang) a male nurse while handbag is (british|and|canada) a small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.
As a verb handbag is
(british|transitive|humorous) figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used originally of ).
murse
Etymology 1
Noun
(
en noun)
(US slang) a man's purse
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Synonyms
* man-bag (manbag, man bag)
* man purse
Etymology 2
Noun
(
en noun)
(US slang) a male nurse
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Anagrams
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handbag
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(mainly Commonwealth) A small bag used by women (or sometimes by men) for carrying various small personal items.
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The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Then came a maid with
hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway, and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.}}
(uncountable) An anthemic subgenre of house music of the late 1980s, often with booming vocals.
Synonyms
* (bag used by women) purse (North American)
* (subgenre of house music) diva house, handbag house
Hyponyms
* man-bag, murse
Derived terms
* handbags at ten paces
* hardbag
* man-bag
Verb
(handbagg)
(British, transitive, humorous) Figuratively, to hit with a handbag; to attack verbally or subject to criticism (used originally of ).
