"handbags" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: En-au-handbags.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: handbag + -s; in sense “fight”, clipping of handbags at dawn, handbags at ten paces (1980s). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|handbag|s}} handbag + -s, {{clipping|en|handbags at dawn|nocap=1}} clipping of handbags at dawn, {{m|en|handbags at ten paces}} handbags at ten paces Head templates: {{en-interj}} handbags
  1. (British, slang) Said jocularly in response to a particularly derogatory, bitchy or catty dialogue; calm down; cool it. Tags: British, slang Synonyms: meow!
    Sense id: en-handbags-en-intj-~IwPGoh- Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -s Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 19 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 57 23 20

Noun

Audio: En-au-handbags.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: handbag + -s; in sense “fight”, clipping of handbags at dawn, handbags at ten paces (1980s). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|handbag|s}} handbag + -s, {{clipping|en|handbags at dawn|nocap=1}} clipping of handbags at dawn, {{m|en|handbags at ten paces}} handbags at ten paces Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} handbags
  1. plural of handbag Tags: form-of, plural Form of: handbag
    Sense id: en-handbags-en-noun-rH3OWi6L
  2. (UK, slang) An insignificant fight or argument. Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-handbags-en-noun-NheWPq2A Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: the handbags come out

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