handbags

/ ˈhændˌbæɡz /

plural noun

1. facetious.
   an incident in which people, esp sportsmen, fight or threaten to fight, but without real intent to inflict harm (esp in the phrases handbags at dawn, handbags at twenty paces, etc)

Example Sentences

After Grace's death, Mrs Millane started the charity initiative Love Grace, which collects donated handbags and fills them with toiletries for domestic abuse victims, inspired by her daughter's love of handbags.

From BBC

Sue Mi Terry allegedly accepted luxury goods, including fancy handbags and expensive dinners, in exchange for aiding the South Korean government.

From Los Angeles Times

The pieces are instantly recognizable as hers: hand-laced rivets holding together a bustier in the shape of a broken heart, the way one of her spiked choker handbags seems to defy gravity.

From Los Angeles Times

The clutch’s initial launch proved to be so successful that Balenciaga released a new line of potato chip-inspired handbags.

From Salon

There aren’t any letter carriers, pretty girls, old men, people with handbags, babies in strollers, or any of the other things Rootbeer usually barks at.

From Literature