"handbags at ten paces" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (British, humorous, idiomatic) Synonym of handbags at dawn (“a catty squabble”) Tags: British, humorous, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Synonyms: handbags at dawn [synonym, synonym-of]
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